Noticed something strange about fdisk output. EXAMPLE 1. We see nothing out of place here. It displays a warning.
[rondo:rondo]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Password: WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion. Disk /dev/sda: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes, 125045424 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk label type: gpt # Start End Size Type Name 1 2048 69631 33M EFI System 2 69632 415743 169M Microsoft basic 3 415744 31873023 15G Microsoft basic 4 31873024 125042687 44,4G Microsoft basic EXAMPLE 2. It says disk label is 'dos', not 'gpt' anymore. What is the GPT "system" of sdb1 then? And there's no warning now. [rondo:rondo]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. EXAMPLE 3. I use parted now instead of fdisk. It says both sda and sdb have GPT labels. Model: ATA M4-CT064M4SSD2 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 64,0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 35,7MB 34,6MB fat32 boot 2 35,7MB 213MB 177MB ext4 3 213MB 16,3GB 16,1GB ext4 4 16,3GB 64,0GB 47,7GB Model: ATA ST3000VX000-9YW1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 3001GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 3001GB 3001GB lvm BOTTOM LINE. Is fdisk lying to me?
