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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/sfdisk.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/sfdisk.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | fdisk/sfdisk.8 | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fdisk/sfdisk.8 b/fdisk/sfdisk.8 index 4e1b5a042..37052ab4b 100644 --- a/fdisk/sfdisk.8 +++ b/fdisk/sfdisk.8 @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ has four (main) uses: list the size of a partition, list the partitions on a device, check the partitions on a device, and - very dangerous - repartition a device. +.B sfdisk +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). + .SS "List Sizes" .BI "sfdisk \-s " partition gives the size of |