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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:22:25 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> I used something called Gparted to partition this monster. This is |
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>> temporary tho. What should I be using to partition this thing? What is |
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>> the best, and easiest, tool for me to use? I have been using cfdisk in |
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>> the past but it doesn't seem to work on this one. |
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> Do not use cfdisk on 2TB+ drives, it gives bad alignment. Use gdisk or |
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> cgdisk with GPT partition tables. Create a 1MB partition at the start of |
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> type EF02, which keeps backward compatibility, then partition as normal. |
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> Note that GPT has none of the primary/logical crap, just create the |
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> partitions you want. |
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Ahhhh, so that 1Mb partition is what does the alignment thingy? Is it |
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the same on all large drives or does it vary a bit based on size? |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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