[SOLVED] Hard drive recognition for Slackware 15.0.

TheNutCase · 03-05-2022, 02:08 AM

I recently acquired a 4 TB internal hard drive for my desktop PC, the problem is that when I went to install Slackware 15.0 (after partitioning it with cfdisk), the part that says to select the target drive only saw a 2 TB device, or is Slackware 15.0 simply unable to recognize any hard disk greater than a 2 TB hard drive?

ponce · 03-05-2022, 02:15 AM

fdisk and cfdisk using MBR partitioning have an hard limit at 2 Tb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record

if you want to make a wider partition you should use GPT partitioning with gdisk and parted

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

gauchao · 03-05-2022, 06:57 AM

This is a BIOS/MBR partition limitation, not a Slackware limitation. For a disk this size you must use a GPT partitioning scheme (use gdisk). I suggest the reading below:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/whatsgpt.html

TheNutCase · 03-05-2022, 11:49 AM

So would I be correct to assume that I should format my hard drive that way before trying to install Slackware 15.0?

ponce · 03-05-2022, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TheNutCase

So would I be correct to assume that I should format my hard drive that way before trying to install Slackware 15.0?

yes, you can also use, for example, gdisk via the command line of the Slackware installer.

Pithium · 03-05-2022, 12:10 PM

I format my disks using GPT from the Slackware installer so as long as you select that during partitioning you should be fine.

mishehu · 03-05-2022, 12:40 PM

cgdisk is also a option for partitioning using GPT.

TheNutCase · 03-05-2022, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

yes, you can also use, for example, gdisk via the command line of the Slackware installer.

Thank you.

TheNutCase · 03-05-2022, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pithium

I format my disks using GPT from the Slackware installer so as long as you select that during partitioning you should be fine.

I went back and tried that, and it finally recognized my 4 TB hard drive.So Thank you,