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Setup & Installation / Re: Switch from CSM to UEFI
« on: November 03, 2024, 09:46:59 am »Does make sense now. But maybe you understand the confusion. Usually we used the standard tools (fdisk, lvmgui, MiniLVM) or DFSee to create all partitions and volumes. There is also the strong advise to only use ArcaOS tools to create volumes. I guess most of us know about these mentioned tools.v 2.52. Included with ArcaOS 5.1.0 EN. Built 2023-08-23. Maybe that's to old. But I really tried. Even looked into the help without any hint.
I even cleared start of the disk with DFSee and started again. But could not find how to select GPT when creating the first partition.
I think there's a basic misunderstanding here: neither MiniLVM nor PTE _create_ a GPT disk. They are partition editors that know how to manipulate an *existing* GPT disk. To create one, you must use 'InitDisk.exe' or DFSee.
After a reboot, MiniLVM will clearly identify which disks are GPT and which are MBR. 'PTE' will only display GPT and will ignore MBR (IIRC). The other partition editors ('lvm.exe' and that java thing) are useless for GPT because they can't see the actual GPT disk.
But I for myself never heard about (maybe I've heard but didn't recognize) InitDisk or PTE until a few days ago. Although I created one of my disks with GPT layout, probably during one of my ArcaOS installation trials, I didn't know InitDisk is needed.
So thanks for clarification.