blinkenjim
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Background: I'm primarily a Linux/Mac user, and I know very little about Windows. However, I am and engineer and software developer so I'm familiar with file systems and external drives, etc.
I have a new A329 and a 4 TB SSD in an external enclosure that I'd like to use with it. I'm confused by the apparent contradiction: (a) Viofo says the A329 supports external SSDs up to 4 TB, but (b) the A329 will only support MBR formatted drives. The contradiction is that MBR only supports partitions of up to 2 TB (correct me if I'm wrong, please); GPT is required for larger partitions.
On the other hand, I've read that the limitation is not inherent in the on-disk data structures, but in the software often used to format them. However, every Linux (I'm on Ubuntu 24) app I've tried enforces the 2 TB limit.
I have tried using a program called GUIformat, running in CrossOver/wine, but it doesn't see the drives -- I get an empty list (yes, I've configured drive mappings in the wine settings).
So here's the big question: is it even possible to format an MBR drive with 4 TB partitions? If so, how?
Or is there a workaround -- can the A329 use two 2T partitions if I format the disk that way?
Would appreciate some help.
I have a new A329 and a 4 TB SSD in an external enclosure that I'd like to use with it. I'm confused by the apparent contradiction: (a) Viofo says the A329 supports external SSDs up to 4 TB, but (b) the A329 will only support MBR formatted drives. The contradiction is that MBR only supports partitions of up to 2 TB (correct me if I'm wrong, please); GPT is required for larger partitions.
On the other hand, I've read that the limitation is not inherent in the on-disk data structures, but in the software often used to format them. However, every Linux (I'm on Ubuntu 24) app I've tried enforces the 2 TB limit.
I have tried using a program called GUIformat, running in CrossOver/wine, but it doesn't see the drives -- I get an empty list (yes, I've configured drive mappings in the wine settings).
So here's the big question: is it even possible to format an MBR drive with 4 TB partitions? If so, how?
Or is there a workaround -- can the A329 use two 2T partitions if I format the disk that way?
Would appreciate some help.