Bug 719811 - use GPT by default
Summary: use GPT by default
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-node
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: beta
: 6.2
Assignee: Alan Pevec
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-08 03:38 UTC by Alan Pevec
Modified: 2011-12-06 19:17 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ovirt-node-2.0.1-0.1.git8ceb10f.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 19:17:07 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1783 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE rhev-hypervisor6 bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 15:10:54 UTC

Description Alan Pevec 2011-07-08 03:38:27 UTC 
Fedora and el6 GRUB supports GPT so there's no reason to keep using MBR partition table.
Comment 1 Alan Pevec 2011-07-08 03:39:02 UTC 
Upstream commit:

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=ovirt/node.git;a=commitdiff;h=6de1c7ecb31b9be4572cec1f925bb9406763732c
Comment 3 Guohua Ouyang 2011-08-04 06:15:50 UTC 
Verified on rhev-h 6.2-09, GPT partition table is used.

# parted /dev/sda 
GNU Parted 2.1
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p                                                                
Model: ATA WDC WD3200AAKS-7 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 19:17:07 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1783.html
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