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pigeon

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Registered: 2017-04-22

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Cfdisk does not have some common options..[SOLVED]

I was trying to install Archlinux, then there was no option for things like primary, logical or bootable, despite this been mentioned in many places where CFdisk has been used.
I am having this problem no matter where i am in that interface, like before or after the creation of a partition.

Edit:
More on this, while using virtualbox, the disk seems to be automatically gpt, if i am not wrong.
Changing it to MBR type can be done so (while installing Archlinux):
>gdisk
>name ... (/dev/sdx)
>g
>r
>g (In this case it is for converting to MBR)
>w (to write)
Done.

Last edited by pigeon (2017-04-22 17:30:44)

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

Posts: 1,590

Re: Cfdisk does not have some common options..[SOLVED]

Are you partitioning a GPT-labeled disk? There is no "primary" or "logical" there. Also, there is no "bootable" flag.

--edit--
That is because the concept of "primary" and "logical" is just a hack around the 4-partition-limitation in MSDOS partition tables. And the "bootable" flag is not required for Linux bootloaders; according to Wikipedia, it's just for MS-DOS/Windows.

Last edited by ayekat (2017-04-22 17:00:35)

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pigeon

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Registered: 2017-04-22

Posts: 2

Re: Cfdisk does not have some common options..[SOLVED]

Are you partitioning a GPT-labeled disk? There is no "primary" or "logical" there. Also, there is no "bootable" flag.

Thank you that made the trick!! The disk seams to be GPT.
This answer was extremely helpful!