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Matthias et al: I am sure you are correct that installing a BIOS that addresses the whole HDD is a solution - when those updated BIOS are available.
Frequently I cannot find a sufficiently revised BIOS, which leaves one looking for other solutions, that allow grub2 to cope with old BIOS.
If PC manufacturers were truly green in their orientation then they would reduce recycling of old PC's by ensuring their old BIOS were updated to the system limits - so that maximal RAM and HDD sizes can be utilised (as examples) - that would be the difference of junking or continuing to use existing PC stock, Perhaps they prefer the junking / new purchase model however computer owners might see it differently and prefer to get more mileage out of their existing investments. I know this is off topic, apologies for that, however it should be said somewhere.