From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Peter Cordes <peter@cordes.ca>
Cc: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>,
Util-Linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fdisk request for functionality (or info)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:47:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171004094752.4xlt2kw5gr6wcmnl@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171004085926.GI18363@cordes.ca>
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:59:26AM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:27:28AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> > The tricky thing is that fdisks by default see GPT partition, so you
> > have to force the tools to ignore GPT and use PMBR.
>
> Would it be possible to add a more user-friendly way to present this
> to the user?
Good point. Added to our TODO (probably v2.32):
* fdisk: add "Print PMBR" and "Toggle PMBR boot flag" to main menu for GPT
* sfdisk: make "--activate" usable also for GPT, in this case set PMBR boot flag
Karel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-04 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-03 16:57 fdisk request for functionality (or info) Bruce Dubbs
2017-10-04 8:27 ` Karel Zak
2017-10-04 8:59 ` Peter Cordes
2017-10-04 9:47 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2017-11-02 12:52 ` Karel Zak
2017-10-04 14:41 ` Bruce Dubbs
2017-10-05 10:59 ` Karel Zak
2017-10-05 16:04 ` Bruce Dubbs
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