On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 07:33:43AM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 21.12.2014 um 22:48 schrieb Leonid Isaev: > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 09:49:42PM +0100, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for your responses! It seems that gdisk is still favorable > >> for advanced tasks, but fdisk is can be used for basic tasks, as are > >> usually required by beginners. > > > > No, that was my point: for "advanced" tasks you need neither. I never read > > the > > beginners' guide, and don't care how it is formatted. I am just trying to > > un-confuse people regarding the whole GPT vs MBR thing... > > If you want to un-confuse people, you can really simplify the > instructions by using only fdisk in the beginner's guide. Then you have > the same tool for both GPT and MBR.
I usually go with cfdisk(8) though. But in general, I'd recommend to use
BIOS/MBR whenever possible...
> >> This is not true. Some low-end modern machines completely drop legacy BIOS
> >> boot. So booting via UEFI is required, and thus GPT is required.
> >
> > I really doubt this. Are you saying that some vendors on purpose break such
> > things as booting from an external USB key?
>
> I have a firmware that boots from USB fine in UEFI mode, but _only_ if
> it is formatted with MBR - it won't boot from GPT USB disks. Confusing,
> right?
Not really. I can tell that Win 7/8/8.1 installation DVD downloaded from MSDN
are definitely not GPT-formatted.
But, that's what happens on my tablet. Formally the firmware is UEFI, but I
only use MBR partitioning.
Cheers,
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Leonid Isaev
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