HT2422 How to get disk utility OSX-10.5.8 to erase 3Tb drive?

Bought two 3Tb Seagate drives to make a RAID backup. Disk Utility errors out on making the raid, and errored out after trying to partition. From what I read in the support article, 10.5 should be able to handle exabyte devices. Any advice?

First you will have to purchase the Snow Leopard disk;
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Then you will have to use Software Update to upgrade it to 10.6.8.
Then you will have to determine which upgrade your MBP qualifies for:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4949
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5444
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
If you cannot find an OS in the App store, you will have to contact Apple Customer service and they will give you a redemption code and instructions.
Ciao.

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