GPT Support Really needed for harddisks larger than 1.5TB
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#344 GPT Support Really needed for harddisks larger than 1.5TB
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Originally created by: behrad.s... (code.google.com)@gmail.com
Snake-OS GPT (Guid Partition Table) support flag is off. This is an important issue for new harddisks which are larger than 1.5TB and it is becoming common to have them.
I think it is very important for a NAS server to support large harddisks!
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Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com
Looks like enabling read support for GPT is really just a matter of flipping a switch.
Writing would mean adding "GPT fdisk" (http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/).
One problem is that only recent versions of Windows and OS X support GPT, so disks formatted with Snake would become unreadable on older computers.
There's also something called a hybrid mode (http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html) to improve compatibility. But that page makes it sound like a nasty hack.
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Originally posted by: canada.l... (code.google.com)@gmail.com
I have two 4tb drives, so gpt is a must!
And I dont care if formatting them in GPT instead of MBR means they are unreadable in Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, I dont know anyone with those OS's... I read that HD's larger than 2.5tb couldnt be read in windows xp 32 bit because something about the 32 bit addressing as much as 2.5tb, anyways these 4tb HD's work out of the box on my windows xp 32 bit, but maybe the drive itself is doing some funky stuff with their own custom mbr's with efi...
Or something I installed a long time ago made this possible.
But, if someone has super large drive, then they cant use it on Windows 3.1 or Win 95, which means they will want GPT anyways because they wouldnt have bought such a large drive for an OS they couldnt use it in - which means they have an OS for such large drives.
Like me, I have large drives, I can use them, but I cannot use them in old equipment, or equipment that uses old technology... hmmm... I cant use them in your snake-os! Thats the only place I cant use them!
Cant you make the GPT an option, for the user to enable or select?
I think GPT is a must, because I think inventors will only invent bigger drives, and one day we wont be able to even find small drives to purchase! Then we will really be up the creek!
Lol... hope you can do something, anything...cheers!