RE: Redhat on HP i2000 ?
David Mosberger <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:39:07 -0700
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>>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:14:27 -0500, [email protected] said: >> HP with the i2000). Something about GPT partitions on the disk >> that aren't compatible with Linux, as I recall. Matt> GPT has been a feature of the 2.4.x ia64 kernel for quite some Matt> time (18+ months). IIRC, the note that shipped with the i2000 was a precaution to prevent triggering a problem related to when an fdisk partition table existed on the disk (I don't remember the details though). In any case, GPT is definitely the preferred partition table format for ia64. --david