This seems to be a recurring topic! :)
Check this site:
http://idolinux.blogspot.com/2008/10/perc-raid-and-efi-gpt-wierdness.html

They discuss using GPT or LVM in a number of ways.
Chris. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of Paul M. Dyer
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:15 PM
> To: Kevin L. Collins
> Cc: Dell Poweredge list server
> Subject: Re: Large File Systems, GPT, MD1000
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I stopped using fdisk on the MD1000 and other large non-boot 
> partitions awhile ago.   I use LVM and create 
> pdisk/vgroup/ldisk.   This works better: easier to increase 
> the size, blocksizes are bigger, etc.
> 
> fdisk doesn't have any easily usable resize options, except 
> in Ubuntu.   Nevertheless, the issues of alignment between 
> fdisk partitions and OS blocks made me want to not use fdisk anymore.
> 
> Paul

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