2.4TB disk - MBR and GPT coexist?

[Jo Rhett]

On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote:
> I just had a look at that documentation.  Not far before the  
> referenced pages it says to hit "ALT-3" to enter the BIOS  
> configuration, and then describes the procedure for creating a unit  
> including creating a "boot unit".  No operating system is required  
> at that stage.
>
> The only 3ware controller I have here is an old 6000 series  
> controller, but it functions in the same way:  When booting the  
> machine, enter the magic keystrokes, use the BIOS utility to  
> configure the volumes, then continue with the installation.
>
> Do you see the "boot unit" option when use use ALT-3 to enter the  
> 3ware configuration BIOS?

Yes.  That's where I enabled Auto Carving at 2TB :-)

But that option doesn't exist in the 9000-series controllers :-(  If  
it existed in the 6000, they must have taken it out and then added it  
back later.

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Jo Rhett
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