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

Wed Feb 11 18:19:35 UTC 2015

2015-02-11 19:13 GMT+01:00 Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net>:

> Yes, I couldn't create an ef02 partition using fdisk.  I ended up using
> gdisk and the job got done with no problem at all.

You can create a BIOS boot partition ("ef02" in gdisk) in fdisk:
Press "p" to change partition type, press "L" to list partition types, and
look for "BIOS boot partition":
"4 BIOS boot ..."
type "4"

done!

Or did you mean something else?