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 2401A1381F3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 07:52:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9586BE08FF; Fri, 10 May 2013 07:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.hadt.biz (sil.hadt.biz [5.9.16.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51151E08F8 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 07:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.255.100] (p5B341DA7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.52.29.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.hadt.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4E484006B for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 09:52:07 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <518CA725.5080001@hadt.biz> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 09:52:05 +0200 From: Michael Hampicke Organization: Hampicke Datentechnik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 Thunderbird/17.0.5 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fdisk warnings during install; questions References: <20130510011122.GA3929@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20130510011122.GA3929@waltdnes.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2FGCVKPCLMEDANGHAESIK" X-Archives-Salt: cd3b68a2-8b7b-4d84-a5db-70a184f21300 X-Archives-Hash: 615a849554756176b67ffa8623509126 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2FGCVKPCLMEDANGHAESIK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 10.05.2013 03:11, schrieb Walter Dnes: > I'm using the 20130207 install iso. This is to enable me to get a > *REALLY* predictable NIC name, namely eth0, but I digress. The 2 > warnings I get are... >=20 > 1) >> WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util >> fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. >=20 > I've repartitioned it 3 or 4 times, but it still comes up with that > error when I fire up fdisk. Is it a problem, and if so, can I dd a few= > sectors to remove whatever it's complaining about? >=20 fdisk does not support GPT disks, use cgdisk or parted (as the error message clearly states) >=20 > 2) >> The device presents a logical sector size that is smaller than the >> physical sector size. Aligning to a physical sector (or optimal I/O) >> size boundary is recommended, or performance may be impacted. >=20 > The fdisk "p" command gives the following output header >=20 >> Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sector= s >> Units =3D sectors of 1 * 512 =3D 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >=20 > The fdisk default seems to be to start partition 1 at sector 2048. I= > don't know the hardware side of disks. Is that OK. >=20 This will be solved when using a partitioner that supports GTP, as stated above. ------enig2FGCVKPCLMEDANGHAESIK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRjKclAAoJEK7HowNX6Bk+jY8H/ilgtEsuBIzmqqITnImIG/CV lQs2pye4WDzphfI4WepKuNZOV3++c9AElLTlkEBkof88eqdBk5DJYlWphYaqx0OJ C54Psmm8v4wqF8AjC8e5/1gYAuOrYhMgtG+6aiWWqHNdomkeITTKOBUUj6LrNM7t vc+YjId5i8pBYsL8r17Gz5EUv8/r8TsxWY6mx4folUDLRjB87w2eZ7YSfi8kpnPu Lvd0kgg0sRJu9C45SnIw7FFRnQp3XFbvg8WxUgp+qpAZAqRqEiiSrMI5MowfgGhg YUuOujnVjUqPDkt+nsrAFzNIENWiy3qhIu4ryYIcaRXz/widih2NWC1hU8B3P7E= =ZyPT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2FGCVKPCLMEDANGHAESIK--