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How to install centos in a 3TB hard disk, with MBR boot record itself. I know the limitation of 2TB support can be bypassed using GRUB?

How to install centos in a3TB hard disk, with MBR boot record itself. I know the limitation of2TB support can be bypassed using GRUB. But we need mbr for reset forgotten password cases and grub is easily corrupted with many3rd parties and virtualizers. 

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Question added by Jayakrishnan Arakulangara , System Engineer , Intellectica Systems India
Date Posted: 2016/03/10
Naeem Arshad
by Naeem Arshad , Systems Administrator cum Team Leader , Future Entertainment Works CO.

Use GPT partition table as your need is to install more than 2TB. You can use Gparted Live to partition your hard disk easily.

 

 

Rajat Roy
by Rajat Roy , Deputy Manager , Sify Technologies Limited

With enable the option GPT with the commnad something like that (depending upon your Hard drive) "/usr/sbin/parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel gpt", we can use the same.

 

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