On 01/03/2017 09:00 AM, sdm wrote:
Someone else in this thread said that fdisk doesn't wipe gpt partition information at the end of the disk (only at the beginning), but I have a feeling this is incorrect as technically fdisk can manage gpt partitions. I just got used to using gdisk as fdisk used to warn that formatting a disk as gpt is experimental. I don't know if it still gives the same warning or not.
That was me, and it depends on the patches/version of fdisk. I was hit by this on arch within the last year or so as arch provides gdisk, parted, etc. for GPT handling and typically does not patch upstream for extended functionality. After attempting to change partition tables types, the secondary GPT table remained causing all kinds of havok when the underlying disks were assembled in linux-raid. 'wipefs' is your friend here -- it can remove the unused GPT tables without affecting your DOS partitioning. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org