[arch-general] fdisk vs. gdisk for GPT partitioning

Bardur Arantsson spam at scientician.net
Tue Dec 16 20:21:45 UTC 2014


On 2014-12-16 20:40, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote:
> I had to use MBR on a relatively recent machine because the
> supposedly-UEFI firmware refused to even recognise GPT disks, let
> alone boot from them. It's still relevant.

Interesting. Care to name-and-shame said firmware?

(I don't necessarily think it influences the decision, even so. Surely
the Beginner's Guide should be optimized for the common case rather than
edge cases, as yours probably was?)

Regards,


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