From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171971381F3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9678E0A6B; Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E9D7E0A5F for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:26 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYU8/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYU8/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="11738482" Received: from 69-165-133-60.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.133.60]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 10 May 2013 11:54:20 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 10 May 2013 11:54:13 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 11:54:13 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fdisk warnings during install; questions Message-ID: <20130510155413.GC5858@waltdnes.org> References: <20130510011122.GA3929@waltdnes.org> <518CA725.5080001@hadt.biz> <20130510094702.14d31b0e@digimed.co.uk> <518CC196.7020700@gmail.com> <20130510110050.50b2852d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130510110050.50b2852d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 018a91d6-c90d-4c10-a171-a32adf06a015 X-Archives-Hash: 51fba3d936849d021955391bd5f15350 On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:00:50AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > That's not quite how I read it, but... gdisk has an option to completely > erase both GPT and DOS partition tables. I erased the GPT table. > Why anyone would choose to use the ultra-kludged DOS partition tables > when GPT is so much more elegant is beyond me, unless they have old > hardware that can't read a GPT disk. Familiarity, I suppose. I've used the same layout for several years. fdisk can easily handle a 1 terabyte disk. For now, my big change is to use ext4fs instead of Reiserfs for my main partition. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications