Re: Successfully boot from a floppy on a GPT partitioned 2.18TB system

[Marco Gerards]

Poe Chen <address@hidden> writes:

> The system needs to use GPT because any system that has more than 2TB will
> need GPT.  Regular PC (msdos label in parted) partition table won't be able
> to handle that.  And it looks like that Mac needs GPT too....

Right.  have you tested how well GRUB can handle big filesystems, or
don't you have any?

> About the (hd0,0) to (hd0,1), it means that if you have (hd0,0) in regular
> PC partition table, it becomes (hd0,1) in GPT format.  Not sure why, but
> that's how I boot it since I can't find anything under (hd0,0) once I switch
> to GPT.

Oh, I see.  That's something that should be fixed I think.  I will
have a look at it, but it won't happen this month.

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Marco