Is partitioning required?

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap at arumes.com> wrote:
> I just installed a new harddisk. Because I was planning to use it as a
> single large volume, I forgot to partition it. I just clicked Format in
> the Disk Utility, and it works.
> But now, "sudo fdisk -l" shows the following information:

[snip]

>
> Both disks are working fine, but still, I wonder if I should have created
> a partition table first.

Perhaps this output is due to:

(from man fdisk:)

"...   fdisk  doesn't  understand  GUID  Partition  Table  (GPT) and it is not
       designed for large partitions. In particular case use more advanced GNU
       parted(8) ...."

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Lucio M. Nicolosi, Eng.
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