[gparted] Update manual with default to GPT on disks >= 2 TiB (#711098)
- From: Mike Fleetwood <mfleetwo src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Update manual with default to GPT on disks >= 2 TiB (#711098)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:45:20 +0000 (UTC)
commit 433bde09222ff36f62f91e63d610728266453898
Author: Mike Fleetwood <mike fleetwood googlemail com>
Date: Wed Jan 1 16:01:56 2014 +0000
Update manual with default to GPT on disks >= 2 TiB (#711098)
Bug #711098 - Default partition table can not handle > 2 TiB disks
help/C/gparted.xml | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index 6c8fd95..dccb3c2 100644
--- a/help/C/gparted.xml
+++ b/help/C/gparted.xml
@@ -544,10 +544,23 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- If you want a partition table other than msdos, click
- <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> and select a partition table type
- from the list.
+ Optionally select a different partition table type from the
+ list.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ The default partition table type is
+ <guimenuitem>msdos</guimenuitem> for disks smaller than 2
+ Tebibytes in size (assuming a 512 byte sector size) and
+ <guimenuitem>gpt</guimenuitem> for disks 2 Tebibytes and
+ larger.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See <xref linkend="gparted-specify-partition-type"/> for
+ <guimenuitem>msdos</guimenuitem> partition table
+ limitations.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -1354,9 +1367,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Maximum size of a partition is 2 Terabytes using
+ Maximum size of a partition is 2 Tebibytes using
a sector size of 512 bytes. The partition must also
- start within the first 2 Terabytes of the disk device.
+ start within the first 2 Tebibytes of the disk device.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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