Re: listing fdisk partition tyles

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:03:25PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> I have a request.  When I try to install Debian from an iso, I like to drop
> to the command line to run fdisk to partition the disk drive.  When
> selecting GPT, I have a problem with listing the partition types.
> 
> The screen is running at about 80x25 and I have no control over that.
> The l command lists all the 81 types and there is no way to scroll back to
> see the first 55 entries in the list.
> 
> There is no problem when listing partition types when the partition table is
> the old MSDOS type,
> 
> I would like to request a pager, possibly as an option, for the partition
> type list when using a GPT partition table.

Implemented. Try it. 

It's enabled for strings based partition types (=GPT) only.

    Karel


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