Re: RAID b/w GPT and NON GPT partition.
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015, Gary Dale wrote:
> You missed the point that this would require different partition
> tables on the two drives.
I saw and rejected the point because you do not need different partition
tables, as is illustrated below from my original message.
% diff -u <(sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda) <(sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb)|wdiff -d
[--- /proc/self/fd/14-]{+++ /proc/self/fd/15+} 2015-07-01 14:20:30.718540414 -0500
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
Disk [-/dev/sda:-] {+/dev/sdb:+} 2.7 TiB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: [-something-] {+something else+}
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
[-/dev/sda1-]
{+/dev/sdb1+} 34 2047 2014 1007K BIOS boot
[-/dev/sda2-]
{+/dev/sdb2+} 2048 5860532223 5860530176 2.7T Linux RAID
[All of the drives in this set look like that.]
> However you seem to have conceded the larger point about UEFI which M$
> is trying to make mandatory.
I don't use Microsoft Windows.
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Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
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