Gpt refers to the type of disklabel not the boot record (MBR- master boot record). Fdisk uses the mdsos disklabel. At any rate mark is right as I already mentioned, parted will work no matter what. I have seen 2TB drives for which fdisk doesn't work due to manufacturing variances etc. C On Jan 12, 2013 2:41 PM, "mark" <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/12/13 13:34, Amar Zende wrote: > >> Hi There, >> >> i have 2TB sata Hard drive at my computer and i am trying to use the fdisk >> to make the partitions in my system but the fdisk is not able to handle >> the >> 2TB capacity drive. >> Please suggest the way to get out of this trouble. >> >> fdisk will do 2TB. For more, like 3TB, you need to use parted or > gparted, and a GPT record instead of an MBR. > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@**redhat.com<redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> > ?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/redhat-list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list> > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
