On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 07:43:12PM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2015 9:47 AM, "Ken Heard" <[1]kenslists@teksavvy.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there any limit to the size of a USB flash drive with the ext2 file > > system encrypted on it which can be addressed through the BIOS > > interface? (I am using Debian Jessie.) The largest size I am now > > using is 32 gb drives but would like to use 64 gb or even 12 gb drives. > > > > IIRC, 32 GB is the limit of vfat (which uefi uses for boot). I can't think of > any other limitation here. As already stated, ext2 is 2 TB. Old bios needed the > initial kernel in the first few sectors - basically, for lots of these reasons, > make boot a different partition (shouldn't need more than a gig. Just as a point of interest, I understand that most BIOS limits are limits in the ATA command set (that is, PATA and SATA drives experience these issues). Is USB mass storage ATA-based or SCSI based? If it's SCSI based, then most of the rule-of-thumb BIOS limits don't apply. -- For more information, please reread.
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