GPT fdisk is a small text-mode partitioning tool designed to work on Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks, rather than on the more common (through 2009) Master Boot Record (MBR) partition tables.
It's good to know that Windows cannot boot from a GPT disk unless the computer uses an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) system, and versions prior to Vista may not be able to read GPT disks at all.
Since GPT fdisk automatically turns MBR disks into GPT disks, you should use GPT fdisk only if you're positive your system can handle them.
What's New in This Release:
· Added "-a" option to cgdisk to use a ">" symbol to the left of the selected partition rather than ncurses highlighting.
· Modified "converting MBR to GPT" message to clarify that the conversion is being held in memory, since some people have mistakenly assumed that a "gdisk -l" operation will change an MBR disk to a GPT disk without prompting.
· Added partition type code for freedesktop.org's proposed $BOOT partition (bc13c2ff-59e6-4262-a352-b275fd6f7172; GPT fdisk type code EA00)
· Adjusted alignment code when using -n or -N in sgdisk to keep the requested partition size (if specified using +###{MGT} terminology) as the requested value rather than relative to the requested start point. This gives you the requested partition size rather than be slightly smaller if sgdisk needs to adjust the start point up a bit and it prevents gaps from appearing between partitions if several are created in succession using automatic placement of the start point.
· Fixed small bugs in gdisk_test.sh script.
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