Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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. > >
Hmmm, then I guess I didn't do something right the first time I tried cgdisk then. It said it wasn't aligned right but I couldn't figure out how to get it to do it. Then I used Gparted and it seemed to do it without me telling it anything. The only difference I saw was the little 1Mb partition. Well, I plan to dd the thing and start over with LVM and all so I'll see what it does next time. Maybe I just didn't do something right. Since I have nothing windoze on here, do I really need to worry about DOS booting? All I have is Gentoo here. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
