Non-UEFI limited to 2TB disk?

[Rashkae]

On 16-02-26 09:31 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> I just got a second hand desktop, went to put Ubuntu on it, and noticed
> in the BIOS that if I disable UEFI, the boot disk is limited to 2TB.
>
> Why is that? It's not a problem for this PC, I'm just curious.
>
> Regards, K.
>

BIOS and MBR are both limited to max size of 2.19 TB.  The contents of 
boot partition have to be within the region of the drive that can be 
accessed by BIOS if you're not booting with EFI standard.