I've also come across this problem. I'm not clear if it is a bug in fdisk/sfdisk or the result of an
older BIOS.
I was able to move an install to a larger disk - grow the partition, but on a kernel update it would
no longer boot.
This might have to do with the 2.19TB limitation of MBR - which means a move to GUID Partition Table
(GPT) and possibly the need for a BIOS's that supports GUID. (See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table )
In the mean time Debian installer fails to give any warning about larger drives and fdisk/sfdisk
also fail to warn.
The current kernels support GPT, but it is less than clear how older bios interact. It might be that
just the boot disk needs to be smaller than 2.19TB and that storage disks formatted with GPT will
work fine on machines with BIOS's that don't support GPT? It is also possible that
fdisk/cfdisk/sfdisk are failing without warning if one tries to use these large drives.
gparted supports EFI/GPT.
I have more questions than answers - in the mean time I am hoping that someone with a better
understanding of using large drives with Debian (with both new and older BIOS's) would write this up
as there are now 3TB drives on the market and installs and updates fail without clear indication as
of why.
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