What is the bigget partition (HDD) in a mac pro 2012?

Is it possible to install one 4TB drive and run it in one partition?
/Mika

The bug affects drives over 2.2TB.
If you have an older version available (Lion included) that would work fine.
If you walk the very fine line of only Partitioning, but not erasing the drive, it will work in 10.8.5 as well. If you ERASE it under 10.8.5, you brick it  (until you can get to it with an older version or an External enclosure that includes large drive support).

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