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GUID Partition Table (GPT)

GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk.

GUID Partition Table Wikipedia

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How do I convert my linux disk from MBR to GPT with UEFI?

I have a linux box (Ubuntu 16.04) whose boot disk is partitioned using MBR. How can I convert it to GPT+UEFI?
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Is GPT needed on a 16 TB data disk?

I have made /dev/sdb which is a 16 TB disk using hardware RAID, where I am temped to put XFS directly on /dev/sdb without making partitions. In the future will I need to expand this to double the size. The hardware is an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen 9 with…
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Resizing partition fdisk fails with invalid argument

I recently resized a VPS from a 50GB SSD to a 300GB SSD through my hoster's control panel. I now am trying to resize my main partition with fdisk to be able to use all the new space. However, fdisk gives me a warning upon starting: GPT PMBR size…
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Are there any notable advantages (or disadvantages) to using EFI firmware and GPT boot disks in an ESXi environment?

My basic question is, as the title asks: are there any notable advantages (or disadvantages) to using EFI firmware and GPT boot disks in an ESXi environment? By "notable," I mean anything other than the well-known 2 TB limit for MBR disks, and the…
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Ubuntu server, gpt partition table, mdadm, grub boot fail

Basic working system details: I used the Ubuntu 12.04 server CD to install a server. I have 4 disks. On all disks I did the following, similar to this howto : created a 2GB swap partition created a 256 GB /boot partition created a 64 GB RAID10…
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Convert MBR to GPT partition format

Is there a way I can convert an MBR partition setup to a GPT partitions with out having to destroy all my data? Thanks
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CentOS 7: GPT and software RAID 1 without 'biosboot' partition

I have a CentOS 6 server with software RAID1 (2x3TB): - sda # parted /dev/sda unit s print Model: ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 5860533168s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End …
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How to perform a P2V conversion of a Windows Server 2008 R2 EFI system?

As discussed elsewhere, Windows Server 2008/R2 will automatically use the EFI boot loader when installed on EFI systems, and will also automatically use the GPT partitioning scheme on such systems. And you can't do anything at all about this (other…
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setting the 'hidden' attribute on a partion from Linux (parted) isnt respected by Windows?

when I set the 'hidden' flag on a GPT partition it's not respected by Windows 8.1 (Windows attempts to mound, throws UI, etc). However if I set the 'hidden' flag from diskpart.exe it is respected - are these two 'hiddens' different? how can I set…
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Repair corrupt GPT partition on graid mini disk

I'm trying to repair a GPT corrupt partition table on a graid mini 1TB external hard drive. Here is the report from gdisk: root@philippe-desktop:/home/philippe/thomasdisk# gdisk /dev/sdb GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Caution: invalid main GPT…
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How do I mount a "GPT Protective Partition" in Windows XP?

I formatted an external USB harddrive while it was connected to a 32-bit Windows 2003 Server Std. edition server. After loading it up with files, I moved it to my Windows XP SP3 where it didn't show up automatically in My Computer. I opened up…
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How can I quickly clear GPT partition data from a disk?

I want to do a quick "wipe" of some disks so they look like they're ready to be newly partitioned. Currently there is a GPT partition type on disk, which seems to write some data both at the beginning and end of the disk. In this case, it doesn't…
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Is it possible and wise to put the grub bios partition on a software raid?

in a two disk setup /dev/sda /dev/sdb i created per disk 3 partitions bios_grub 1mb linux raid 512mb md0 (/boot - ext3) linux raid rest md1 (physical volume for lvm) the answer on https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/218384 states that it is…
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How can I create a GPT partition label and mount the partition using its label in Ubuntu?

I'm trying to assign a partition label to a GPT partition, and use that partition label as an identifier for mounting in Ubuntu 14.04. So first I setup GPT and created a partition on the volume: ~# parted /dev/vdb -s -- mklabel gpt ~# parted…
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ZFS on >2TB disk in Ubuntu 12.04?

I just got a 4TB disk and I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/08/2tb-gtp-parted/ says you need to partition your disk with GPT if you want to use >2TB (and that you can do this with fdisk/gparted). However I'm interested in…
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