From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 19 17:26:48 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209D557BF02 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:26:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rcarter@pinyon.org) Received: from h2.pinyon.org (h2.pinyon.org [65.101.20.170]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F29ml0ZNLz3L79 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:26:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rcarter@pinyon.org) Received: from [10.0.10.15] (unknown [10.0.10.15]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by h2.pinyon.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4C533A7BA for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:26:39 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pinyon.org; s=dkim; t=1616174799; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=FUfSI3Z713ZYS/hSziIVS6oeWXrAao69KxPwg828UCg=; b=FLiFRQygHrOaN1CuHNsmr1R7/n/E0JnDZvsWheRVKSHH8PvNH+15vHgIENPUjNKjIRcCzo BePk76WveVfkvE7gxXbMHM4D9q3F753icMPKL6Pk6zBVq3fofRiowlYctD4oaGOOYk2aY7 zctPN8Bw6lCxQ36RMw/FCzkGd5NVA2w= Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com> <24660.54990.961632.559429@jerusalem.litteratus.org> From: "Russell L. Carter" Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:26:39 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.10 X-Rspamd-Server: h2 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F29ml0ZNLz3L79 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=pinyon.org header.s=dkim header.b=FLiFRQyg; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rcarter@pinyon.org designates 65.101.20.170 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=rcarter@pinyon.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[pinyon.org:s=dkim]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[65.101.20.170:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[65.101.20.170:from:127.0.2.255]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[pinyon.org:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[pinyon.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; INTRODUCTION(2.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:209, ipnet:65.101.0.0/18, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:26:48 -0000 On 3/19/21 10:08 AM, Paul Procacci wrote: > I concur with Robert. I've never seen GPT being associated with any kind > of GUI. Surely people can design GUI's around gpt, but GPT isn't at all > synonymous with a GUI. > There are advantages of GPT over MBR. The main benefit in my opinion is > that GPT removes the limits of MBR. > Describing what those limits are is much too cumbersome to do in an email, > but I assure you that information is available online. As others have pointed out, don't forget partition labels. It is considerably easier to figure out what each partition is being used for if they have been labeled in an obvious way: $ gpart list | grep label label: gptboot0 label: swap0 label: zfs0 label: ssd1 label: m.2_ssd1 Especially if it has been some time since the last time you looked. Russell > ~Paul > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:52 PM Robert Huff wrote: > >> >> Duke Normandin writes: >> >>> Other than being GUI-based, is there any distinct advantage to >>> using GPT? >> >> Um ... I have used GPT for about 10 years. >> Never have I used it with a GUI. >> >> >> Respectfully, >> >> >> Robert Huff >> >> -- >> Hello ... my name is SARS-CoV-2. >> You are not wearing a mask? >> Prepare to die! >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >