Installing CentOS/RedHat on disks larger than 2Tb
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So you have a new server that has a lot of disk! The classic example is you have a server with 8 x 1Tb drives or something similar and you do not want to be restricted to using only 2Tb of disk, as dictated by the default MSDOS disk label. You may read things about using EFI instead of BIOS, but that can be a massive hassle. The easier way to get this happening is to use a Guid Partition Table (GPT) disk label. This will allow you to have partitions greater than 2Tb without having to change from using BIOS to EFI. The method I describe here is a little fiddly, but it works. You will need a GParted Live CD
