[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installation on HD => 2TB

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 31/01/2013 14:29, Mirko Fluher wrote:
> On 02/ 1/13 12:12 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) wrote:
>>> From: Mirko Fluher [mailto:mir at pax.apana.org.au]
>>>
>>> it simply wouldn't install ... it cannot see the partition .. yet on
>>> that HD I run linux Ubuntu&  Centos and have plenty of spare room.
>>
>> Are you trying to dual/triple boot the system?  I would assume such a thing is possible, but probably very tricky, and probably very risky for trashing the other systems.  Hopefully you can avoid doing that.
>>
>> Why not run OI as a host os, and then run the centos/ubuntu as guest OSes?  (For example, VirtualBox)
>>
>
> I CANNOT install OI on my 2TB Sata3 HD ... the liveDVD simply cannot see
> the HD ... :)

Be precise, the message was that the disk is too large for the live
system, which is the real mystery, since that is a 2 TB disk, which
should be handled even by a 32 bit system.

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