MBR limitation is 2TB. To access disks above 2TB, you need to use GPT disks.
Windows 2000 does not support GPT disks.
2000 is dead...time to move on.
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"John" <> wrote in message
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> Hopefully someone can help. Not sure which group to post this to.
>
> I've created a 3 TB metaLUN and attached it to a Windows 2000 host.
> The host sees the LUN, but only 2 TB worth. The disk also shows up as
> "Unreadable". If I move the LUN to a Windows 2003 box, it shows up
> fine, I can initialaize, format, etc. The Windows 2000 box has other
> smaller LUNs attached with no problems. I've read different things on
> the NTFS maximum volume size. Some say 2 TB, others say 16 TB,
> depending on whether basic or dynamic disks are used. I can't get
> that far though in this situation.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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