[810a2c6] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-download-http
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| 8 | "&sourceforge-repo;/project/gptfdisk/gptfdisk/&gptfdisk-version;/gptfdisk-&gptfdisk-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-download-ftp " ">
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[94945733] | 10 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-md5sum "2061f917af084215898d4fea04d8388f">
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[78295038] | 11 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-size "192 KB">
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[94945733] | 12 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-buildsize "2.1 MB">
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[810a2c6] | 13 | <!ENTITY gptfdisk-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="gptfdisk" xreflabel="gptfdisk-&gptfdisk-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="gptfdisk.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>gptfdisk-&gptfdisk-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="gptfdisk">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-gptfdisk">gptfdisk</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to gptfdisk</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | The <application>gptfdisk</application> package is a set of programs for
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| 35 | creation and maintenance of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk drives. A
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| 36 | GPT partitioned disk is required for drives greater than 2 TB and is a
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[2cfb576b] | 37 | modern replacement for legacy PC-BIOS partitioned disk drives that use a
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[810a2c6] | 38 | Master Boot Record (MBR). The main program, <command>gdisk</command>,
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| 39 | has an inteface similar to the classic <command>fdisk</command> program.
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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[04f35fe3] | 42 | &lfs77_checked;
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[810a2c6] | 43 |
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| 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gptfdisk-download-http;"/></para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gptfdisk-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gptfdisk-md5sum;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Download size: &gptfdisk-size;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gptfdisk-buildsize;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Estimated build time: &gptfdisk-time;</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | </itemizedlist>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 67 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[54f740f] | 69 | <para>Recommended patch: <ulink
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[810a2c6] | 70 | url="&patch-root;/gptfdisk-&gptfdisk-version;-convenience-1.patch"/></para>
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[0d7900a] | 71 | </listitem>
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[810a2c6] | 72 | </itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">gptfdisk Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <para role="optional">
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| 78 | <xref linkend="popt"/> (required to build sgdisk) and
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| 79 | <xref linkend="icu"/> (for Unicode partition names)
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 83 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gptdisk"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of gptfdisk</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 91 | The <application>gptfdisk</application> package comes with a
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[810a2c6] | 92 | rudimentary <filename>Makefile</filename>. First we update it
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| 93 | to provide a simple build and install interface.
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| 94 | Install <application>gptfdisk</application> by running the following
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| 95 | commands:
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gptfdisk-&gptfdisk-version;-convenience-1.patch &&
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| 99 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 111 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 114 | <option>ICU=1</option>: Adding this option to the <command>make</command>
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| 115 | command allows use of Unicode characters in partition names.
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[810a2c6] | 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 119 | <option>POPT=1</option>: Adding this option to the <command>make</command>
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[810a2c6] | 120 | command is required to build <command>sgdisk</command>. If used,
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[0d7900a] | 121 | this option needs to be on both the <command>make</command> and the
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[810a2c6] | 122 | <command>make install</command> line.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 128 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <segmentedlist>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <seglistitem>
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| 134 | <seg>
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| 135 | cgdisk, gdisk, fixparts, and sgdisk
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| 136 | </seg>
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| 137 | </seglistitem>
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| 138 | </segmentedlist>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <variablelist>
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 143 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="cgdisk">
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| 146 | <term><command>cgdisk</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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[0d7900a] | 148 | <para>is an is a curses-based text-mode tool for
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[810a2c6] | 149 | manipulating GPT partitions.</para>
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| 150 | <indexterm zone="gptfdisk cgdisk">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="b-cgdisk">cgdisk</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <varlistentry id="gdisk">
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| 157 | <term><command>gdisk</command></term>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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[0d7900a] | 159 | <para>is an interactive text-mode tool
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[810a2c6] | 160 | for manipulating GPT partitions.</para>
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| 161 | <indexterm zone="gptfdisk gdisk">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="b-gdisk">gdisk</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="fixparts">
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| 168 | <term><command>fixparts</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>repairs mis-formatted MBR based disk partitions.</para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="gptfdisk fixparts">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="b-fixparts">fixparts</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="sgdisk">
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| 178 | <term><command>sgdisk</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>is a partition manipulation program for
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[e27e7bd] | 181 | GPT partitions similar to <command>sfdisk</command>.</para>
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[810a2c6] | 182 | <indexterm zone="gptfdisk sgdisk">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-sgdisk">sgdisk</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </variablelist>
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| 189 | </sect2>
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| 190 | </sect1>
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