fdisk or parted won't create partitions larger than 2TiB using dos partitioning scheme

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Tried to create a partition larger than 2TB but it wasn't successful

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all versions)
  • Legacy msdos/MBR partition table presently in use
  • Disk drive with 512 byte logical sector size

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