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| author | Karel Zak | 2007-05-31 14:31:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2007-06-05 10:40:14 +0200 |
| commit | 5dbff4c0eb7c326e21891b6ce4f123ba96511f87 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d49f7da1065d4c772b38e455260f5ac0731eb4d /fdisk/fdisk.8 | |
| parent | fdisk: Makefile.am refactoring (diff) | |
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fdisk: add GPT detection code
The GPT (GUID Partition Table) is unsupported by fdisk, sfdisk and
cfdisk. Unfortunately, the fdisk doesn't complain about GPT.. that's
dangerous, because user is able to blindly edit PT with unexpected
results.
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fdisk/fdisk.8')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/fdisk/fdisk.8 index a5f776959..7b487051e 100644 --- a/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ is a menu driven program for creation and manipulation of partition tables. It understands DOS type partition tables and BSD or SUN type disklabels. +.B fdisk +doesn't understand GUID Partition Table (GPT) and +it is not designed for large partitions. In particular case use more advanced GNU +.B parted(8). + The .I device is usually one of the following: |