Solution for installing hard disks larger than 2 TB (UEFI Interface) in Linux

Solution for installing hard disks larger than 2 TB (UEFI Interface) in Linux

Solution for installing a hard disk larger than 2 TB in Linux:

1. On the system installation page

On this page, press ctrl + alt + F2 to bring up the command line and change the hard disk type to GPT.

After the modification, restart the system and install it. Crtl + alt + F6 call graphical interface, ctrl + alt + F2 call command line can be called at any time,

Not always called during installation.

After restart, use fdisk to view the hard disk GPT at this time.

You can partition by system.

Create a partition and install the system. This method applies to all linux versions.

2. Install the operating system during UEFi

UEFI introduction:

The new UEFI, the full name of "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface" (uniied Extensible Firmware Interface), is a detailed description of the type of Interface standards. This interface is used to automatically load the operating system from the pre-started operating environment to an operating system.

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is a recommended standard for Intel's PC Firmware architecture, interfaces, and services. The main purpose is to provide a set of consistent and correctly specified startup services on all platforms before the OS is loaded (before startup, it is regarded as the successor of BIOS with nearly 20 years of history.

Currently, common servers have UEFI interfaces, and linux systems also support EFI. When the server enables EFI and installs the linux system,

During boot partitioning. There will be a/efi/boot

Because I use a virtual machine, here is just a demonstration for you.

In the Linux CD file, we will also see the EFI Driver.

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