tom potts writes:
It sounds as if you've got a version with an old 137G disk limit.
I believe that 2.4 kernels are limited to 137GB (a late 2.4 might work??) but 2.6 should be OK.
I'd suggest Ubuntu, since it uses a 2.6 Kernel but is Debian based. I haven't tried it but it sounds like it should work.
There is some info on this in the Large Disk Howto (albeit pretty limited info): http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5