Feature changed by: Karl Cheng (qantas94heavy) Feature #314746, revision 11 Title: Add Package gptfdisk to ALL openSUSE Installlation Disks - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Done Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: James McDaniel (jdmcdaniel3) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: GPT Partitioned disks are becoming much more common and so the ability to deal with these disks in every way must be native to ALL openSUSE installation media. The gptfdisk package seems to fill that need and should be included by default. Please consider adding in the package gptfdisk to ALL new openSUSE 12.3 installation media. Thank You, Test Case: Try to create a dual boot between Windows 8 and openSUSE 12.2 on a pre- existing GPD partitioned disk (with secure boot disabled). You need the package gptfdisk utilities to make the right partition types. Use Case: The gptfdisk package allows you to manually create the right partition types on a GPT disk when the automatic installer fails to do so. It makes it possible to deal with and create dual booting GPT disks. Using the UEFI mode of openSUSE does work, but often you can not create the right partition types manually when it is required. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: openSUSE must be able to automatically or manually deal with all disk types such as GPT partition disks on a UEFI based PC. Add this package and we will have the right tools that we need. Discussion: #1: Andrey Borzenkov (arvidjaar) (2013-01-12 15:59:23) YaST2 disk configuration is based on libparted which supports both MBR and GPT. If it fails to correctly partition disk during installation this is a bug which has to be fixed, not worked around by providing low level disk partitioning tool. Do you have bug number? That said, I support this request. gdisk is extremely useful even if only as diagnostic tool. It is far easier to ask users to boot using openSUSE installation disk and provide gdisk output than ask them to download some other live CD. #2: Agnelo de la Crotche (please_try_again) (2013-01-13 09:25:24) I made a comment earlier but forgot to save the changes. I fully agree with Andrey. For exemple, we needed to use gdisk to fix the (always wrong) size of the partition in Windows 7 protective MBR before installing openSUSE (otherwise it would create a hybrid MBR and break Windows). We had to use Fedora's live CD to solve this problem. Having gdisk on a live system is a must! #5: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) (2013-01-14 18:34:25) (reply to #2) Do you have a reference explaining the Window problem? Can parted be used for that? #7: Agnelo de la Crotche (please_try_again) (2013-01-15 06:07:38) (reply to #5) https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log... I believe parted could do it to, but most of us use gdisk now. #3: Denver D. Robinson (denverd) (2013-01-14 17:46:40) add in time for 12.3 please!! #4: Matwey Kornilov (matwey) (2013-01-14 18:00:49) Are there any ready packages at OBS? #6: Agnelo de la Crotche (please_try_again) (2013-01-15 06:01:23) (reply to #4) I ported it a while ago, as I built a UEFI/GPT system under 12.1, and packaged it under the name "gdisk" in my repo. Now it seems to be in other OBS projects. Look for "gdisk"! Meanwhile it became availalbe in the official repo under the name "gptfdisk". It's not the same version but it's the same program. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314746