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Old 3rd May 2013 | 21:14
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MBR partitions on big drives

Using MBR, could I create four 2TB primary partions on a hypothetical 8TB drive?

Again, with MBR and a hypothetical 8TB drive, could I create a 2TB primary partition and an extended partition divided into three 2TB logical partitions?

I think the answer is yes but I'm not sure.

Yes, I know GUID is a better idea for big drives now but I'm just curious

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(I prefer to use one physical drive for the OS and another mirrored one for data - if I'm limited to one HDD then I usually create 2 primary partitions, one for the OS and the other for data, even in Linux)
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