From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60024 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751198AbdJDJr4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2017 05:47:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:47:52 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Peter Cordes Cc: Bruce Dubbs , Util-Linux Subject: Re: fdisk request for functionality (or info) Message-ID: <20171004094752.4xlt2kw5gr6wcmnl@ws.net.home> References: <59D3C162.4050005@gmail.com> <20171004082728.if274peupxjljbxd@ws.net.home> <20171004085926.GI18363@cordes.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20171004085926.GI18363@cordes.ca> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com