I am probably posting in the wrong forum, but here goes.
If I have this correct, openSUSE partitioning is done by parted, weather it is on BIOS and MSDOS or UEFI and GPT.
My question is, Why, when UEFI and GPT are used, queries on the partition table seem to be preferred from gdisk (which for some reason is not even installed by default),
over parted, which was used to setup the partition table?
On Fri 11 Jan 2013 03:26:01 PM CST, dvhenry wrote:
I am probably posting in the wrong forum, but here goes.
If I have this correct, openSUSE partitioning is done by parted,
weather it is on BIOS and MSDOS or UEFI and GPT.
My question is, Why, when UEFI and GPT are used, queries on the
partition table seem to be preferred from gdisk (which for some reason
is not even installed by default),
over parted, which was used to setup the partition table?
Hi
I just use gdisk these days. Install gptfdisk (which has gdisk)
and just use that, no need for parted.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
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I have no issues with parted or gdisk, I am happy to use either, I’m just curious as to why openSUSE uses parted for GPT when it seems gdisk is preferred, and even stranger, gdisk (in the apparently uncommonly named package of gptdisk) is not installed by default.
Hi
gptfdisk is only recent, parted has been around for awhile I guess.
It would be interesting to know if parted could “call” gdisk when needed, if gptdisk was installed by default.
In other words use it during a partition setup, or when called to access GPT.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:26:01 +0000, dvhenry wrote:
> I am probably posting in the wrong forum, but here goes. If I have this
> correct, openSUSE partitioning is done by parted, weather it is on BIOS
> and MSDOS or UEFI and GPT. My question is, Why, when UEFI and GPT are
> used, queries on the partition table seem to be preferred from gdisk
> (which for some reason is not even installed by default),
> over parted, which was used to setup the partition table?
Whether the weather is hot or cold only the developers know for sure.
Sorry. I couldn’t resist.
Bob
No worry about you ressisting or not. After all this is in the Community and Fun section. And I admit I do not quite understand the Fun of the original question. Thus it became time a little bit fun crept in.
I have created an openFATE request to add the gptfdisk package to the openSUSE installation media. Please have a look at and vote on this option here:
https://features.opensuse.org/314746
Thank You,
I voted for it, just having it installed by default would be a big advantage.
Thank you dvhenry for you vote. I see we are up to five, but we are going to need a lot more I think.
Thank You,
Does any of you know if the remark made there about a bug is correct. Did anybody have that problem, and when yes, was a bug report made? To me it seems that both the bugrepair (when there is a bug here) and the Gdisk are to be done (I voted)…
Malcolm came up with the procedure to fix a GPT disk for dual booting. I followed his suggestions and have a booting copy of openSUSE from a GPT disk, but I did not try to load Windows on it first. And the bottom line as far as I am concerned is that the gptfdisk utilities allow you to manually create ANY partition type on a GPT disk. The openSUSE Partitioner does automatic things correctly perhaps in a single boot setup, but you have no way to do this manually as you can with a MBR type disk. If a bug report is required, or should be made, I volunteer Malcolm as being the expert, though anyone else can step if they wish.
Thank You,
I see the gptfdisk is now a required package for udisks2 since today’s update (4.9.1.2)
# rpm -q udisks2 --requires
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
gptfdisk
libacl.so.1()(64bit)
libacl.so.1(ACL_1.0)(64bit)
libatasmart.so.4()(64bit)
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit)
libgio-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
libglib-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
libgobject-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
libgudev-1.0.so.0()(64bit)
libpolkit-agent-1.so.0()(64bit)
libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0()(64bit)
libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libsystemd-login.so.0()(64bit)
libsystemd-login.so.0(LIBSYSTEMD_LOGIN_31)(64bit)
libudisks2.so.0()(64bit)
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
systemd
systemd
systemd
systemd
rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.6-1
So does that mean we are in already, or what does it mean? I see the vote up to 32 tonight.
Thank You,
Well, (as far as I understand), KDE4 depends on udisks2, and so it should be on the installation media for that reason alone. I’m not sure about Gnome though.
BTW, I voted yesterday as #24
Well that is good news then. I think we should keep the vote going for now until I see it show up in openSUSE 12.2 M3 I think.
Thank You,
At least palimpsest requires it. It is packaged under the name gnome-disk-utility, actually a very useful tool as well - that is present on Fedora install system and detects damaged hard disks automatically before you start the installation.
# rpm -q --whatrequires udisks2
gnome-disk-utility-3.4.1-2.1.2.x86_64
Good to know 
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:42:55 GMT
Bob Crandell <bob@donttreadon.me> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:26:01 +0000, dvhenry wrote:
>
> > I am probably posting in the wrong forum, but here goes. If I have
> > this correct, openSUSE partitioning is done by parted, weather it
> > is on BIOS and MSDOS or UEFI and GPT. My question is, Why, when
> > UEFI and GPT are used, queries on the partition table seem to be
> > preferred from gdisk (which for some reason is not even installed
> > by default), over parted, which was used to setup the partition
> > table?
>
> Whether the weather is hot or cold only the developers know for sure.
>
> Sorry. I couldn’t resist.
> Bob
Farmers need to know whether weather will be bad for wethers.
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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 12.2 (64-bit); KDE 4.9.97; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (using nouveau driver);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA); Wireless: BCM4306
And once they are dressed properly, they usually go vote up here: Add Package gptfdisk to ALL openSUSE Installlation Disks.