Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:06:01 -0700 From: Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 875, Issue 7 Message-ID: <CAMPTd_Cd37d2TPEC6H1jeuDRQdbg=R9XAKtYH%2BnP5q_4qRDS-g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.20083.1616183355.69580.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.20083.1616183355.69580.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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>On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:52:30 -0400 >Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: >> >> Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> 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. >| was refering to for example: >gparted-common/buster,now 1.2.0-1.0antix1 all [installed,automatic] > GNOME partition editor -- common data >Isn't GPT and acronym for gparted? Not GPT is not an acronym of gparted. It is for GUID Partition Table. Seee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table In has been in FreeBSD since version 7 It also works with MacOS (x86 and Apple Silicon), Linux, NetBSD< OpenBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows x86 (2003 SP1,and Windows Vista or new) Windows x64 (2003 or newer). It has basically replaced MBR on most systems made in the past 10-15 years. In FreeBSD, the CLI command is gpart. It solves the 2TB problem that MBR has. It allows for more than 4 primary partitions (logical partitions are a hack best left to the MS-DOS days). I have multiple systems that are 10 years old,. use BIOS to boot and use GPT partitions. In my experience, lots of older systems support booting using GPT & BIOS. There appear to a few laptops that don't (based on comments in last several years). If you need to read data from a GPT based system, all you need is another system that supports GPT (such as FreeBSD 7 or newer) and a second drive bay. I know people that still use MBR, but those fall into two groups: Embedded systems and people that have not updated tools chains in 10-15 years. As far as EFI/UEFI systems go, most of those use GPT. Some may support MBR and others may not. Gparted is a GUI based Disk partition editor that supports editing GPT type partitions. Walter -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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