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

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 21.12.2014 um 22:48 schrieb Leonid Isaev:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 09:49:42PM +0100, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for your responses! It seems that gdisk is still favorable
>> for advanced tasks, but fdisk is can be used for basic tasks, as are
>> usually required by beginners.
> 
> No, that was my point: for "advanced" tasks you need neither. I never read the
> beginners' guide, and don't care how it is formatted. I am just trying to
> un-confuse people regarding the whole GPT vs MBR thing...

If you want to un-confuse people, you can really simplify the
instructions by using only fdisk in the beginner's guide. Then you have
the same tool for both GPT and MBR.

>> This is not true. Some low-end modern machines completely drop legacy BIOS
>> boot. So booting via UEFI is required, and thus GPT is required.
> 
> I really doubt this. Are you saying that some vendors on purpose break such
> things as booting from an external USB key?

I have a firmware that boots from USB fine in UEFI mode, but _only_ if
it is formatted with MBR - it won't boot from GPT USB disks. Confusing,
right?


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