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I'm 95% sure this is not possible, but what the hey, I'll ask, because it's going to take me quite a while to consolidate my backups into one, and then store that while I reformat
Why GPT? MBR is old and crusty, MBR (even with LVM and extended partitions, which can act as dirty hacks around the 4-partition limit) is very limiting if you want many different OSen, and I'd like to install OS X as well (_purely_ to hack on it and gain a true platform to critique it, my conscience won't let me really use it), which is much simpler when using GPT (OS X on a PC is already a poorly documented nightmare, GPT simplifies things).
So, if anyone has heard of ways to convert MBR -> GPT, please let me know Also, if anyone knows why this is impossible / hard to do? After all, it's only the partition table, right?
Last edited by Ranguvar (2009-09-22 20:14:55)
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Nope, it's impossible.
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I did it a few days ago, works great.
Get the sector layout of your current table (parted p I think)
Create the new GPT, match the layout, voila, no loss.
I used http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/ before I realized parted could do what I wanted if I compiled from git.
Edit: Oh, the risk is totally hosing your drive, and make sure to leave some space at the beginning to embed GRUB2 and let GPT store the structures it needs. (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html)
Last edited by scio (2009-09-22 12:39:06)
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Before someone interjects about ancient posts, thank you scio
I have no need of this anymore, but it may be useful to others.
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Actually it seems to be possible using gdisk: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GU … MBR_to_GPT
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Actually it seems to be possible using gdisk: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GU … MBR_to_GPT
That may be true, but....
After five years, I don't think the original poster cares anymore. Of course, I could be wrong
Anyway, I am closing this thread.
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