Does anyone knows if (sata)disks bigger as 2T are supported by the Lime?
Greetings Ed.
In theory - yes, they are supported.
In practice - probably you have to recompile the kernel to add support for it:
http://linux-sunxi.org/Frequently_asked_questions#I.27ve_connected_a_3TB_disk_from_another_system_via_a_USB_dock.2C_but_I_can.27t_get_it_to_mount (http://linux-sunxi.org/Frequently_asked_questions#I.27ve_connected_a_3TB_disk_from_another_system_via_a_USB_dock.2C_but_I_can.27t_get_it_to_mount)
Clear, thanks for the answere!
Ed
Just an FYI:
Linux does not require partitions. If you only want one
partition anyway and don't care whether other OSes can
handle an unpartitioned disk, simply use the whole disk,
i.e. /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1. No need to recompile
the kernel and search for the fancy new partitiong tools
with support for GPT or EFI.
flobber> Yes, that's right, Linux does not care as long as it's a working block device. And you can also avoid problems with block alignment, because newer disks use internally bigger sectors than 512B.