From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DB93138350 for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 02:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AE3BE0A93; Sat, 2 May 2020 02:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout02.posteo.de (mout02.posteo.de [185.67.36.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE3C5E0A83 for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 02:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3F012400FB for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 04:03:07 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1588384988; bh=ci3BdDqaHObcfLGkIF/RcyplTH18BQUQKzy6g8qQJVY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=ogqTRNzM0DkweGWRskQYNMCRvvJb9zzXt1sRVNFZrrO4K5eG1tQaz1Sg6puX/45QQ S7cFSOVngOSYV+TXwLlpwh4fOluXpZ6Y7p634trToGAuA6zMyDvVr+mRMqYzPPhH/o AT7ohK+nqZxYTVJbF5rblz2gOJlWzTQcBYBOspOkMZODJFrhDhjlnKQcrVj60BiYjj 1Uquu7Xq9vfyiIx1cTq55G3mGx5pV13VPyFJzySN8InBxDv6Zl9GeFygPiHVEKvn6e ZWhE62cW7DuE+pvWMyoX0OxeWUVRmAbEefhW2F14KY+CBkhuonhOyL8QS4hjvu7HRA RrQL+G7iBRhsA== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 49DXT56JFRz6tmF for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 04:03:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 04:03:05 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with backup harddisks Message-ID: <20200502020305.bvnxxt2egw6evx6d@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200430093217.efprkpt4kbvir7nr@solfire> <20200501071810.h6qs7kgewwtbytqd@solfire> <2530524.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2530524.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> X-Archives-Salt: 2f05f582-6b67-4511-8577-71387c92db34 X-Archives-Hash: ed201ba791c2695477570bf6765a3ee2 On 05/01 05:32, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 1 May 2020 17:00:56 BST Andrea Conti wrote: > > > GPT is fine too, but for a 1TB disk with a single partition it has absolutely > > zero advantage over MBR. > > I can think of one or two people who might demur there. > > -- > Regards, > Peter. > > > > Hi Wolf, hi Andrea, hi Peter, *Partition type '83': I changed the type to 83 using fdisk and this worked fine. Now /dev/sdb1 is recognized again. Just to confirm this... I think, I feel better if I repartitioning/reformat both drives, though. *GPT/MBR >From a discussion based on a "GPT or MBR for my system drive" in conjunction with UEFI it was said, that GPT is more modern and save. My question was meant not so much as "MBR or GPT?" but more whether there are some variants of GPT (with protected MBR for example -- which was completly new to me), which I should use or avoid. But: Are rescue systems for USB-stick more UEFI/GPT aware nowadays or "traditionally" based on MBR/BIOS-boot? One thing I found is really handy: An USB-stick with an rEfind installation. As long as your PC supports UEFI (or can switched to it) rEfind is able to boot "everything" without prior configuration. Some rescue-system which really shines and with which you have made good experiences? Cheers! Meino