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I think we should try to get rid of using partitioning tools
that do not support GPT and large partitions because
otherwise I fear there will be and endless sequence
of more and more problems in ReaR in the future.
In particular "man sfdisk" reads:
sfdisk doesn't understand the GUID Partition Table
(GPT) format and it is not designed for large partitions.
In these cases use the more advanced GNU parted(8).
Currently "sfdisk" is called in
usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
usr/share/rear/finalize/Linux-ppc64/200_install_yaboot.sh
usr/share/rear/finalize/SUSE_LINUX/ppc64/200_install_yaboot.sh
and "sfdisk" is mentioned in comments in
usr/share/rear/lib/mkrescue-functions.sh
and "sfdisk" is listed as REQUIRED_PROGS or PROGS in
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-i386.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ia64.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ppc64.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ppc64le.conf
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Btw. same applies to fdisk (which seems not to be currently used in ReaR code ;-) )
fdisk does not understand GUID partition tables
(GPTs) and it is not designed for large partitions.
In these cases, use the more advanced GNU parted(8).
Probably "sfdisk" is still needed for NTFS support
to get NTFS related data from a 'msdos' partitioned disk
and sgdisk could be used for a 'gpt' partitioned disk, cf. #1078 (comment)
I think we should try to get rid of using partitioning tools
that do not support GPT and large partitions because
otherwise I fear there will be and endless sequence
of more and more problems in ReaR in the future.
In particular "man sfdisk" reads:
Cf.
#1106 (comment)
Currently "sfdisk" is called in
usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
usr/share/rear/finalize/Linux-ppc64/200_install_yaboot.sh
usr/share/rear/finalize/SUSE_LINUX/ppc64/200_install_yaboot.sh
and "sfdisk" is mentioned in comments in
usr/share/rear/lib/mkrescue-functions.sh
and "sfdisk" is listed as REQUIRED_PROGS or PROGS in
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-i386.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ia64.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ppc64.conf
usr/share/rear/conf/Linux-ppc64le.conf
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: