Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-31 Thread Richard Melville
We now install fdisk as a part of util-linux so we have chosen one > method right now for LFS. > Exactly. > > My issue is that if the user reboots to the new LFS, there is no way to > change the partition table if it is a GPT. The use would have to reboot > back to the host, make the change and

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-30 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:07:08PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Perhaps adding the page to BLFS and expanding the first paragraph in > section 9.3 of LFS would be the way to go. > Seems reasonable. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mai

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > On 12/30/2012 3:00 AM, Matt Burgess wrote: >> On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 21:40 -0800, Nathan Coulson wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS. >>> >>> I do prefer it for it's simplicity over parted, but I

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-30 Thread Randy McMurchy
On 12/30/2012 3:00 AM, Matt Burgess wrote: > On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 21:40 -0800, Nathan Coulson wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS. >> >> I do prefer it for it's simplicity over parted, but I think BLFS would >> be good e

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-30 Thread Richard Melville
I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ > > It allows creation and management of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks > using a fdisk type syntax. It's much easier to use than gnu parted. > > After using a GPT partitioned disk for a while, I recomm

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-30 Thread Matt Burgess
On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 21:40 -0800, Nathan Coulson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ > > > > It allows creation and management of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks > > usi

Re: [lfs-dev] gptfdisk

2012-12-29 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ > > It allows creation and management of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks > using a fdisk type syntax. It's much easier to use than gnu parted. > > A