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 582451381F4 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:22:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAFE3E0484; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:21:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D38B2E0796 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so1600096bkw.40 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:17:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=PYW0LojnUmzJHq95xYTkSZ5EnC5G1CQ0kMEw5o8PiVI=; b=0avA/+2jXWb/4eFQLlGKD/iUSBrE04joqZHpQ2xC9hBhbtOPp2TpTkCI2eHR1z28af rcDgxrOnR2pE6GDot64577TOyQXym8ET6QkenLSaEr5qjI5+lUQtOhgJu+6RpYBcCmXB +ihnO98x3aUaJEWW9i5uDRbVwa67TiItEKwApbEK3iTsb6MIZabVAXTSt1L1Tq5D/c2g wKfybHIxqSS+KE+FiH4VbAq7lXP8Fc70DDfk6kWYAXKksBbIF3BfKKyJ2p//EDgYJFIw zrKoOhOh2rQd6FgSYg7SMDRqUgwPUesp0qxCBe4qCGpOEUfrV0bluau4TCipg1LmDPJN G4mg== 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 Received: by 10.204.133.193 with SMTP id g1mr4086252bkt.2.1344860243909; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.25.8 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:17:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120813090643.3475957e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <20120810212213.0ce6e810@khamul.example.com> <20120813090643.3475957e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:17:23 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2) From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175dd6f01c5db604c724add6 X-Archives-Salt: a2ac0ae7-5fb1-4e76-a2b1-21f476bd4594 X-Archives-Hash: d6b380cfaf788a44ab00bd463a8418ba --0015175dd6f01c5db604c724add6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:11:37 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > > > I have one of those. But I decided to stick with traditional DOS > > > partitioning style and grub instead of GPT and grub2. > > > > I am leaning toward traditional partitioning, but with grub2. Do those > > two not mix well? > > GRUB2 works fine with MBR partition tables. But if you're starting from > scratch, you may as well use GPT and get rid of the legacy MBR > limitations and fragility. > I'm not dissing GPT...but what's fragile about MBR? -- :wq --0015175dd6f01c5db604c724add6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Neil Bothwick <= span dir=3D"ltr"><neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:11:37 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:=

> > I have one of those. But I decided to stick with traditional DOS<= br> > > partitioning style and grub instead of GPT and grub2.
>
> I am leaning toward traditional partitioning, but with grub2. =C2=A0Do= those
> two not mix well?

GRUB2 works fine with MBR partition tables. But if you're startin= g from
scratch, you may as well use GPT and get rid of the legacy MBR
limitations and fragility.

I'm not = dissing GPT...but what's fragile about MBR?

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