On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:35:15 -0500, Dale wrote: > > 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?
No, gdisk/cgdisk does the alignment. The 1MB GPT boot partition give backward compatibility with DOS booting. The size doesn't vary, I've used the same on drives from 120GB to 3TB. -- Neil Bothwick the sum of all human intelligence is constant, only the number of humans increases.
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