Converting to GPT from MBR
by SimonDevine from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5PWAT)
GPT seems to be the future for disks so I've been doing a bit of research on it.
Am just a home user who doesn't run a huge server environment with Petabyte-sized requirements but I do like to keep my hand in on a few distros that I like.
I have noticed that many recent releases look for a GPT in order to install and fail installation if it's not available.
Here there are two 300GB SATA Disks which use MBR and LILO to boot any of four installations, Slackware 14.2, Debian 9.8, Kubuntu 18 or Fedora KDE 34.
Is there an easy way that is safe to move everything to GPT from MBR, what are the dangers and is it worth doing the switch?
Any caveats or gotchas most welcome to hear about.
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Am just a home user who doesn't run a huge server environment with Petabyte-sized requirements but I do like to keep my hand in on a few distros that I like.
I have noticed that many recent releases look for a GPT in order to install and fail installation if it's not available.
Here there are two 300GB SATA Disks which use MBR and LILO to boot any of four installations, Slackware 14.2, Debian 9.8, Kubuntu 18 or Fedora KDE 34.
Is there an easy way that is safe to move everything to GPT from MBR, what are the dangers and is it worth doing the switch?
Any caveats or gotchas most welcome to hear about.
:study: