On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: > > The only shortcoming I've run across is fdisk is less capable than > gdisk with hybrid MBRs and can't do GPT->MBR conversion at all. The > former is not something a Beginner's Guide user should be touching, in > my opinion; the latter may be useful for those who accidentally create > GPT disks when they need an MBR instead. gdisk is also capable of placing new partitions at the end of a block of empty space without having to do manual calcuation of the start sector. I personally find this behavior invaluable. -- David J. Haines djhaines@xxxxxxx 0xAFB3D16D - F929 270F B7C3 78AE A741 434F A7C6 F264 AFB3 D16C