On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 05:17:33PM +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:09:52AM -0500, John G Heim wrote: > > > > > > > >I am using "disklabel:gpt" to create a GPT style partition table. You > > >can also use "disklabel:msdos" to make the old style partition table. > > >This belongs on your "disk_config" line before you specify partitions, > > >file systems, etc. > > > > Oh, when I heard that, I thought it was a way to label a partition > > -- which makes no sense since it is part of the disk configuration. > > I should have made the connection because I've been going into > > parted and entering a mklabel command to create a partition table. > > It's all about the first sector of a direct-access medium. > > Some older operating systems (including SunOS) used the term > "disk label" synonymously for "partition table". > There's also the term "master boot record" (MBR) but that already reflects > its major function in a DOS/Windows setup (Suns used firmware for booting, > nice Forth stuff :)). > BTW, the MBR only consists of the first ~60% of the whole sector, > so calling the whole one a "partition table" is also wrong B-) > > > You say label, I say table. Lets call the whole thing off. > > In fact, it was (and perhaps still is) to forge a "sector 0" that can > act both as a disklabel and a DOS partition table/MBR.
It was *possible*. No idea where that word jumped off for an early weekend. - S
