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[Silviu Marin-Caea <silviu_marin-caea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GPT disk-labels (partition tables) are a new type of disk-labels that don't 
have the limitations of the ms-dos partition table.  The ms-dos partition 
table is what almost everybody uses right now.

The most notable of the ms-dos partition table limitations is the 2 TB limit 
for a partition.  We are not that far away from this kind of capacity on the 
desktop.

To properly handle GPT disk labels, we need a tool that can write them 
(parted) and a boot manager that understands them (grub2).  Luckily, the 
filesystem limits are a little farther.

Can this be considered for inclusion in 10.3?

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