On 8/2/24 09:11, DdB wrote:
If all you have is swap space or outdated crap, then back it up and do whatever you like. GPT is no must, if the disk is below 2TB in size and UEFI no option.
If you have >4 partitions, then except for booting and recalcitrant OS installers, GPT is easier to deal with. Caveat: I know next to nothing about GPT vs non-i686 architectures. -- Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Derived from Robert Heinlein