GUID Partition Table (GPT)
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Arch installation: fdisk gpt and windows 8 [closed]
I have a SSD with windows 8 installed at one partiotion. And now I want to install at other availiable space Archlinux.
But when i'm trying to use fdisk /dev/sda, I catch warning about GPT.
But I ...
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Recover data on a hard-drive that changed partition table
I changed the partition table on one HDD from GPT to MBR/MSDOS but I realized (too late) that it affected all partitions on the same HDD. Basically I lost data on the secondary partition which I ...
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GPT Partition corrupt [closed]
I have a little bit of a story. I spilt hot chocolate on my lovely Lenovo Ultrabook and killed it. I fixed it and put a new keyboard in. Windows was running quite slowly so I went to do the Windows 8 ...
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Why shouldn't I change GPT partition ?
Microsoft has a FAQ about GUID Partition Tables (GPT).
Quote:
Q: What can be changed on a partition?
A: You should not change any partition header entry directly. Do not use disk tools or ...
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Formatting a new disk partition
I just added a new raid1 volume to my Windows 2008 server.
The raid sync has just completed so I want to format it.
I got this message:
That disk will be used just for storage, no need to boot ...
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Disaster recovery for RAID and mdadm
I´m having a software raid 5 with 5 2TB members.
After partitioning with gparted, my RAID doesn´t work any more...
How can I check the consisty of each member?
What would be my options, if the ...
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Corrupt XFS header
On my file server I ended up growing the RAID (5) and then I went ahead and deleted and remade the partition holding the XFS filesystem. I used Parted to do this.
After parted ran I tried to mount ...
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Is it safe to change the name of a partition in a gpt table using parted?
I guess it IS but I didn't find any explicit statement that changing the name does not affect the data in the partition in the parted documentation and since I could loose a lot of data I want to know ...
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Restoring a GPT XFS partition?
I recently added some storage to a RAID array with a single large XFS volume. To expand the volume I normally use parted to remove the partition and then recreate it so that it spans the entire ...
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Installing Fedora 17, Error “you have not created a bootloader stage1 target device” [closed]
Installing Fedora 17 on a new computer with the live CD ISO.
When I get to the part where I create new partitions for the Fedora Installation I get these errors:
you have not created a bootloader ...
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install boot with raid 1 in 3 TB disks
I'm trying to install /boot in a RAID 1 using 3 TB disks. As the RAID partition do not let you manage partitions than more than 2 TB, CentOS automatically configures the partitions using GPT.
My ...
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After Hyper-V role installation on 2012 RC core, server will not boot, error with 0xc17, 'An unexpected error has occured.' [closed]
I'm trying to get the Hyper-V role installed in Windows Server 2012 Core, but I'm having some trouble on reboot. Every time it starts, I get the Windows Boot Manager telling me windows failed to start ...
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Autounattended.xml & GPT partitions
We are trying to setup an unattended install of windows 7 to a gpt partition on a Lenovo U410, which has UEFI bios.
This webpage outlines how to format the disk for GPT. If add the default ...
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Resize base XenServer 6.0 partition
I've extended my hardware RAID device on LSI MegaRAID controller by adding disks to the array. While making Linux notice the block device size change was not straight forward, I've found that one can ...
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Setup grub2 on a GPT software raid 3 TB HDD
I like to setup grub2 on a GPT softare raid 3 TB HDD.
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1050623 512.0 MiB FD00 Linux RAID
2 ...
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Booting Linux 2TB+ partitions
I am using VMware ESXi vSphere 5.0.0 and mounting a 6TB LUN from my Dell EqualLogic SAN. I am presenting the LUN using RDM (Raw Device Mappings) so as to be able to see all 6 TBs. So far, so good.
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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 ...
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Does Hyper-V support GPT disks on the host?
Are there any issues with Hyper-V (on Server 2008 r2) if the host is formatted as GPT? Someone out there has tried this...
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raid5 configuration on new dell server, sbs, win2008r2
Looking for a bit guidance configuring hardware raid on a new dell t610, I am basically trying to install Hyper-vR2 as the parent OS, then I will run SBS11 and WIin2008R2 virtually on top of that.
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Windows 32-bit and 64-bit and GPT
I know similar questions have been asked before across several sites, but the answers at least to me have been confusing and conflicting.
My understanding has always been that 64-bit Windows will ...
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Build and migrated to software raid (mdadm) on GPT disk, now can't assemble array
mdadm, gpt issues, unrecognized partitions.
Simplified question: How do I get mdadm to recognize GPT partitions?
I have been attempting to convert/copy my Ubuntu 11.10 OS from a single drive to ...
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Creating GPT partitions on EFI raw disk using diskpart
I've got a raw, blank GPT disk for use in a UEFI system. I need to create the partitions on it using diskpart. The only tutorial I've found so far is for diskpart.efi, which I believe is slightly ...
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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. ...
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HP Proliant DL120 G7 with P212/256MB SmartArray Controller GPT Support
I have the HP Proliant DL120 G7 server with P212/256MB SmartArray Controller configured with 4 - 2TB drives as RAID 1+0 (4TB usable space).
I would like to have a small partition for my Linux OS and ...
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Maximum size of VMDK to support large NTFS filesystem in guest
I have a need to support an 8TB filesystem within a Win2k8 guest system running on VMWare. From what I've read online, the maximum size VMDK I can create is 2T, is this still the case? Will I need ...
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CentOS 6 installation crashes when trying to boot media from BIOS set to UEFI mode
I'm trying to install CentOS 6 on Dell R410 server. As I need a GPT large disk support, I set the BIOS to UEFI configuration. The problem is that I'm getting crashes once the server tries to boot from ...
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CentOS GPT partition on USB device
I have a development server that is running CentOS 5.x. I have two 4TB drives that use eSATA that I use for backups. When I got these drives I learned the version of parted in CentOS 5.x did not ...
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GPT partition types
I'd like to know or know where I can find a good explanation of GPT. With MBR there was partition types. Not with GPT. There is fs-type and flags (anything else?), which seem to over lap. Can I mark a ...
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grub2 does not find /boot on RAID1 md0 device
I have RAID1 md0 for /boot consisting of 4 partitions (sda2, sdb2, sdc2, sdd2).
I'm using GPT on 2TB HDDs, so first partitions on each disk (sda1, ...) are 1-megabyte bios_grub partitions.
I also ...
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gpt partition for raid 6 that was 4.5TB, will i have any issues under server 2008 64bit r2?
has anyone had any issues with using one large gpt partition of 5TB on a raid 6 setup with a 3ware raid controller. i am using the partition as a basic file sharing backup repository, nothing fancy. ...
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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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What are the implications of GPT when attempting image-based deployment for workstations?
I've got 13 machines with identical hardware that I need to deploy. The machines all have the new UEFI standard, which apparently forces GPT regardless of disk size. I've thus far been unsuccessful in ...
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Resizing this particular partition, Mac OS [closed]
I am currently running on Apple Mac OSX Lion 10.7 (11A480b) and I am trying to resize my partitions on the disk for one of our servers. I already downsized a previous installation of Mac OSX Lion ...
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How to work with Mac/GPT disks in Linux
I use Ubuntu and Debian Linux.
I have an image of a (mac) disk that uses GPT.
How do I mount one of the partions on this?
I have installed gdisk and can list the partitions on the image.
I would ...
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Clone and resize NTFS GPT partition?
I have a ntfs partition, GPT, of 5.6 TB containing only 200 GB of data, that I need to fit onto a 1 TB partition (of a vmware ESXi guest).
Vmware converter does not support GPT.
Acronis disk director ...
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Booting FreeBSD from whole-disk ZFS pool?
I have a FreeBSD fileserver configured with one ZFS pool created from whole disk devices. That is, the pool was created like this:
zpool create pool0 raidz ada0 ada1 ada2
This means the disks have ...
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How to correctly mount GPT partitions that might have originated on either Linux or Windows
I've inherited some code that examines all available unmounted partitions and tries to determine the correct way to mount them. It checks the partition type ID using sfdisk, then issues the command ...
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Windows 2008R2 x64 large partition size not usable
I have installed a win2k8r2 system on a large (4Tb) drive. During the setup I made my C: drive 300Gb, wanting to use the rest as a large data partition (was hoping GPT can be used), but after the ...
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Getting around the lack of GPT support with CentOS 5.4
Last night I upgraded a server (Dell 2970) to have four 1TB Hard Drives in RAID 5 which leaves a 3TB block. I tried to partition this but keep getting an error that GPT is not supported so.
I found ...
