I would like to propose adding gptfdisk to LFS.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/
It allows creation and management of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks
using a fdisk type syntax. It's much easier to use than gnu parted.
After using a GPT partitioned disk for a while, I recommend it over the
ancient BIOS/MBR partitioned disks. The package builds gdisk, cgdisk,
sgdisk (similar to fdisk, cfdisk, and sfdisk), and fixparts.
The table looks like:
# gdisk -l /dev/sdc
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.5
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sdc: 78165360 sectors, 37.3 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 1A083159-55E5-40A2-BC78-C269AB11A96E
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 78165326
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 299020 sectors (146.0 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 23298000 11.1 GiB 8300 /opt for sdc2
2 23592960 44040192 9.8 GiB 8300 / for lfs-7.2-rc1
3 44042240 78165326 16.3 GiB 8300 / for svn-20121216
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When I created the first two partitions, I used GB instead of GiB so the
ending points created some small gaps.
The package requires libuuid (from util-linux) and ncurses.
There are some optional libraries (ICU library at
http://site.icu-project.org for unicode partition names) and sgdisk
requires popt.
The build requires editing or patching the Makefile if the ICU or popt
library files are not available. Then a simple make. The executables
and man pages are installed with a simple cp.
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The other alternative is to put the package in BLFS but that makes LFS
incomplete because it would not be available to manage a GPT disk by
itself. We could put it in both LFS and BLFS (for the optional
dependencies).
Thoughts?
-- Bruce
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