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 9F142138350 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 16:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A0A2E0B21; Fri, 1 May 2020 16:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6E4BE0A9E for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 16:32:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jUYaK-0000yl-4h for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 01 May 2020 16:32:20 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with backup harddisks Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:32:19 +0100 Message-ID: <2530524.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> In-Reply-To: References: <20200430093217.efprkpt4kbvir7nr@solfire> <20200501071810.h6qs7kgewwtbytqd@solfire> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 50191f26-3a5f-414c-b887-6c987495cdde X-Archives-Hash: 0c06d66a1ce73e7f6ee82a89c76a2393 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.