Backup and Restore MBR

[Mike McCarty]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> I wrote:
> 

[snip]

>>2 TB, this will have to change soon. (Yes, that also means it can't
>>support RAID arrays with more usable space than 2 TB).
> 
> 
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>Would you explain this? I don't get why the PT structure imposes

[snip]

> No, LVM-style RAID won't be limited. Traditional hardware RAID or "fake"
> hardware RAID (as found in many PC motherboards), on the other hand,
> will see the 2TB limit on usable space. This is because the disks are
> presented to the operating system as One Big Device, and both the BIOS
> and operating systems will expect there to be traditional partitions on
> that device.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. I'm no RAID expert, and I thought
I had missed something important, because I couldn't see why it
would be a limitation.

Mike
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