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