[CentOS] "WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new"

Sun Oct 7 10:49:27 UTC 2018
Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>

Le 07/10/2018 à 12:09, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit :
> Now my first reaction would be to install gdisk (yum install gdisk) and
> use this to handle GTP partitioning. But I'm curious. How "experimental"
> (e. g. prone to blow up in my face) is fdisk really? So far, I've only
> used it for MBR-style partitioning.

I have a follow-up remark.

Before CentOS, I've been using Slackware as my main OS on servers and
desktops. My policy for partitioning and formatting was always "Keep It
Simple", e. g. :

* use traditional fdisk with DOS-MBR style partitioning on systems that
supported it

* use GPT-style partitioning on systems that required it (like huge
drives or EFI systems)

As far as I can tell, the CentOS installer is doing something similar,
but "automagically". Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers,

Niki

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