[ale] Debian 7, can only see 2TB of 4TB drive

[philip at turmel.org (Phil Turmel)]

On 06/20/2014 11:41 AM, Edward Holcroft wrote:
> Any idea why I cannot get this disk to partition as a single 4TB drive? A
> quick Google reveals many people? experiencing this problem. I tried this:
> 
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> (parted) mklabel gpt
> Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdg will be destroyed and all data
> on
> this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?
> Yes/No? Yes
> (parted) print
> Model: Generic External (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdg: 2000GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: gpt
> 
> fdisk is of no use either.
> 
> btw this is a brand new free-standing Seagate drive that was never in an
> enclosure or such, I know sometimes the manufacturers do strange stuff with
> drives in enclosures.

That looks a lot like the limits cheap USB interfaces impose.  Have you
tried plugging into a motherboard SATA port?