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 3B51F1381F3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 19:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1DB92E0ABE; Fri, 10 May 2013 19:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35A0E0A86 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 19:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFD79805B4 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 20:36:41 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:36:37 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fdisk warnings during install; questions Message-ID: <20130510203637.68e33ceb@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <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> <20130510155413.GC5858@waltdnes.org> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.1-6-gb55ac0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/F4DKEfT.P_YbtrirNLqGst0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 51950271-3ffc-460d-8fc2-e3fc00946aee X-Archives-Hash: 3829cd5770afbaab75739278fe8d5609 --Sig_/F4DKEfT.P_YbtrirNLqGst0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 10 May 2013 11:54:13 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > 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. =20 >=20 > Familiarity, I suppose. I've used the same layout for several years. > fdisk can easily handle a 1 terabyte disk. It's not fdisk that is the problem, it is the bastardised partition table layout with bits f information scattered all over the disk and little change of recovery in the event of corruption. GPT on the other hand can handle a sensible number of partitions, includes details of them all in the partition table and saves a backup copy to the end of the disk. --=20 Neil Bothwick I work with User-Surly Software. --Sig_/F4DKEfT.P_YbtrirNLqGst0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlGNTEkACgkQum4al0N1GQONXgCgpvE3jb5LiiP9tqougfxT+J+N yVUAn2o29E0ijiu/9MImu9HCQbNhFp47 =R9ps -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/F4DKEfT.P_YbtrirNLqGst0--