slint 2tb limit

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Okay that last number before 2.7t on the fdisk output is correct.  It 
doesn't make sense to me that it's smaller than the number before it, 
but I checked and what was supplied is accurate.

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:26:39
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: slint 2tb limit
> 
> output from:
> lsblk -o model,name,size,fstype
> wdc wd30ezrx-00d sda 2.7t
> sda1 2m ext4
> sda2 2g swap
> sda3 2.7t
> ihas124 w sr0 3.4g iso9660
>
>
> output from:
> fdisk -l|grep ^/
> /dev/sda1 2048 6143 4096 2m bios boot
> /dev/sda2 6144 4198399 4192256 2g linux filesystem
> /dev/sda3 4198400 5860531119 5856332720 2.7t linux filesystem
>
> The last number on last line before 2.7t is probably wrong.  I can try 
> running second command again and see if result differs.
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
>>  Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:13:51
>>  From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>  To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>>  Subject: Re: slint 2tb limit
>>
>>  Hello,
>>
>>  Didier Spaier, Slint maintainer, here.
>>
>>  Le 12/03/2018 ? 15:48, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>>>  So far as I can tell, slint appears to have a 2tb hard drive size limit.
>>>  I tried it with a 3tb drive and hope I haven't permanently trashed the
>>>  drive.? What happens with slint is you set up a swap partition on the
>>>  drive and a linux partition and it doesn't matter what you use to do it
>>>  either.? Once done, you run setup and get the message that slint can't
>>>  find any partitions on the hard drive.? I have a bad compatibility
>>>  situation here since technology is 24 years old and back in those years
>>>  all that was known about was bios, efi and uefi didn't exist then.? Last
>>>  bios flash update for AMD k8 athelon computers I think was 2006.? So,
>>>  I'll see if I can rescue the 3tb drive with archlinux then go from there.
>>
>>  I haven't such a big drive to check but am a bit surprised of such a
>>  limitation.
>>
>>  To help investigate, could you please start again the installer, then
>>  after log in as root instead of running setup type this command, then post
>>  the output:
>>  lsblk -o model,name,size,fstype
>>
>>  And also please post the output of this other command:
>>  fdisk -l|grep ^/
>>
>>  That should allow me to understand why the installer doesn't see the
>>  partitions.
>>
>>  Best regards,
>>
>>  Didier
>>
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