> initially created the partition table as 'gpt'. Later, I decided I > wanted to use 'msdos', so I re-created it as msdos. Now, it shows as > msdos, but if I run fdisk against the disk, I get a warning about GPT: > > # fdisk -l /dev/mpath/disk12 > > WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mpath/disk12'! The > util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. > > Disk /dev/mpath/disk12: 155.1 GB, 155178762240 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18866 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/mpath/disk12p1 1 18866 151541113+ 83 Linux > > I can't seem to make that go away - I've even overwritten the 1st 1GB of > the disk from /dev/zero! Where is the disk storing this information that > I can't seem to get rid of it? Is there a way to completely remove the > GPT partition table?
GPT resides at the end of the device. The space reserved at the beginning of a device is too tiny. -- Jussi _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
