Re: fdisk behavior on a gpt partitioned disks

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 06:05:55AM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2009, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
>
>> The patch implements the following logic:
>>
>> - always warn if disk have GPT
>>
>> - in interactive mode: explicitly warn that any change to MBR will
>>  result in GPT removal, ask for confirmation, and remove GPT
>>
>> - in non-interactive mode: remove GPT and explicitly note this fact
>
> Wouldn't it be more reasonable to have a new command-line option to  
> remove the GPT?  In non-interactive mode without the new option, if the  
> GPT exists the command should fail with a non-zero exit status (and an  
> appropriate error message).

I basically want it to do the right thing for sysinst. As long as that
works automatically, I don't mind.

Joerg