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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:27 +0900 From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> To: Jim Meyering <jim@...ering.net> CC: Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, "linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@....com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>, tytso@....edu, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, irtiger@...il.com, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, aschnell@...e.de, knikanth@...e.de, jdelvare@...e.de Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues. Hello, On 03/09/2010 04:27 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Related information, prompted by my recent encounter with a > tool that refused to let me use a GPT partition table. > > Partition table formats: prefer GUID/GPT: > > Having spent more than my share of time looking at partition table > formats recently, I am now strongly biased against DOS partition > tables, and for GUID/GPT ones. In addition to allowing for >2GiB > partition offsets and lengths, GPT tables provide for better > protection in case of corruption (checksums, backup table at end > of disk) and don't have the anachronistic distinction of primary > and extended/logical partitions (all partitions are "primary"). > You can even give each partition a name. The only reason to use a > DOS partition table on a new installation is if you're stuck with > a requirement of using an OS like XP on bare metal. > > Please consider encouraging the use of GPT partition tables... > or at least do not *dis*courage their use. I'll surely include it. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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