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On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:40:49 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > ...because I have experienced neither any restrictions nor any |
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> > fragilities in the last 12 years of using a MTB setup with that |
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> > "MS-DOS" setup (technically it is more a MTB-setup. MSDOS refers |
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> > to V/FAT, which needs to be used with UEFI in the first partition |
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> > as far as I know...isn't it?) |
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The partition table design itself is from MS-DOS, it predates VFAT by |
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many years. |
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> > In short: Never chance a runnig system. |
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But it's not a running system because you haven't set it up yet. |
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> > But let us better discuss on a more technical level, since I asked |
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> > for technical help and not for more rethorical given question as |
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> > an answer. |
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> Here's a technical reason to prefer GPT universally: it stores 2 |
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> copies of the partition table, one at the start of the disk and one at |
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> the end of the disk. If either copy gets destroyed, you should be able |
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> to recover the partition table from the other copy. |
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That's the fragility I was referring to. the restriction is the limit of |
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four partitions unless you add a kludge that makes the partitioning |
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information even more susceptible to damage. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? |
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