On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:40:49 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > ...because I have experienced neither any restrictions nor any > > fragilities in the last 12 years of using a MTB setup with that > > "MS-DOS" setup (technically it is more a MTB-setup. MSDOS refers > > to V/FAT, which needs to be used with UEFI in the first partition > > as far as I know...isn't it?)
The partition table design itself is from MS-DOS, it predates VFAT by many years. > > > > In short: Never chance a runnig system. But it's not a running system because you haven't set it up yet. > > But let us better discuss on a more technical level, since I asked > > for technical help and not for more rethorical given question as > > an answer. > > Here's a technical reason to prefer GPT universally: it stores 2 > copies of the partition table, one at the start of the disk and one at > the end of the disk. If either copy gets destroyed, you should be able > to recover the partition table from the other copy. That's the fragility I was referring to. the restriction is the limit of four partitions unless you add a kludge that makes the partitioning information even more susceptible to damage. -- Neil Bothwick Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
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