Bug#475903: creates GPT when disk is > 2 TB rather than > 2 TiB

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:29:50PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Sunday 13 April 2008, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Partman opts for GPT when installing on a disk larger than 2 TB (2 *
> > 10^12 B), even though the limit for DOS partition map is 2 TiB (2^32 *
> > 512 B).
> 
> Could you please explain what the actual bug is here?
> 
> I don't see it as an issue that partman chooses GPT when there's still some 
> margin that could be covered by DOS (assuming that I'm calculating 
> correctly and the first number is indeed smaller than the second).

Sorry I don't know.  I assume whatever reason we had to prefer DOS below
2 TB also holds true above it?

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