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Summary
The GPT disk partitioning format be fully supported in Mageia, including without restriction all disk tools and the installer, on all types of disk devices.
Owner
- Name: André Blais
- Email: andre999mga@laposte.net
Resources
Disk tool and installer packagers, QA
Current status
- Targeted release: Mageia 3 or earlier
- Last updated: 2012/06/17
- Percentage of completion: unknown %, but a lot is already in place.
Detailed Description
Want all disk tools to fully support GPT, including at least :
- Formating or reformating a disk with a GPT partition table
- Creating or deleting partitions on a disk with a GPT partition table
- Modifying a partition on a disk with a GPT partition table
- Being able to perform the above 3 functions on a disk with a hybrid partition table, as described on the gdisk site http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html
Basically this requires properly recognizing such a disk as a GPT partitioned disk. - The installer(s) being able to support all of the previous 4 situations.
- Any other aspect of interreacting with a GPT disk.
Note that some of these features are at least partly supported, but not all. Simply reading or writing to a partition on a GPT disk seems to work properly.
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
GPT disk partitioning format, besides being the default on newer EFT systems, is much more secure than the older MBR partitioning format, which must daisy-chain more than 4 partitions.
Test case
Attempt each function with every disk tool and the installer, preferably on partitions not containing valuable data.
Software / Packages Dependencies
All disk tools and the installer
What could disrupt development of this new feature
Planning
Contingency
Release Notes
Documentation
A lot of useful info and links on the GPT partitioning format at the gdisk site, http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk