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[2001:56a:7862:e400:16da:e9ff:fe13:6b04]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v26sm5780257pff.195.2021.03.19.09.26.50 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:26:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:26:49 -0600 From: Duke Normandin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-Id: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F28Rc3P5Vz3GBT X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=DXnYOjch; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of sidneyreilleyii@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=sidneyreilleyii@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:26:53 -0000 On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:44:45 -0700 Kevin Oberman wrote: > Exactly. It replaces fdisk and bsdlabel. Much obliged for the advice and example!! But I could do all of that with fdisk/cfdisk! Other than being GUI-based, is there any distinct advantage to using GPT? I've used GPT/Gparted on a few occasions in the past when messing with various Debian-based distros install. The colour scheme used was so faint that I had a rough time grokking what I was looking at. That never happened with fdisk. Just saying .... While on the subject of booting and partitioning etc, I've included below, 2 Dropbox links of images of my ASUS BIOS. Would you be in a position to explain to me what AHCI vs IDE is? As well, I see that I can enable/disable UEFI and PXE ROM. What is PXE ROM? Given that ASUS laptop will NEVER again have any microsoft products loaded/running on it, do I need UEFI enabled? https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqatyrlsdatzkaa/BIOS1.JPG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ojod4f8ad3zo59/BIOS2.jpg?dl=0 -- Duke Normandin