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    From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dumas Walker on Sunday, May 18, 2025 10:31:00
    Re: Hard Drive configuration
    By: Dumas Walker to NELGIN on Sat May 17 2025 09:14:00

    I have also used parted without issues. IIRC, it was also for something that fdisk (at the time) could not do.

    Another bonus is that if you wanted more than 4 partitions with fdisk, you'd have to have a have an extended partition. I think this is more of a MBR thing. Using GPT you don't have to go through that silliness.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NELGIN on Monday, May 19, 2025 08:29:00
    I have also used parted without issues. IIRC, it was also for something that fdisk (at the time) could not do.

    Another bonus is that if you wanted more than 4 partitions with fdisk, you'd have to have a have an extended partition. I think this is more of a MBR thing
    Using GPT you don't have to go through that silliness.

    I did not realize this. Thanks for the tip!


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  • From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Monday, May 19, 2025 14:41:00
    On Mon, 19 May 2025 08:29:00 -0500
    "Dumas Walker" (VERT/CAPCITY2)
    <VERT/CAPCITY2!Dumas.Walker@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
    I have also used parted without issues. IIRC, it was also for
    something that fdisk (at the time) could not do.

    Another bonus is that if you wanted more than 4 partitions with
    fdisk, you'd have to have a have an extended partition. I think
    this is more of a MBR thing Using GPT you don't have to go through
    that silliness.

    I did not realize this. Thanks for the tip!


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    Of course, you can get away with not creating a partition at all and
    using the entire disk as LVM :)
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