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NAME

gptsync − GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation

SYNOPSIS

gptsync [−q] [−t] device

DESCRIPTION

gptsync reads the GPT partition table on device and synchronises the legacy MBR partition table with the GPT partition table. The MBR partition table can hold only 4 partitions.

Legacy bootloaders or operating systems that do not support GPT require an MBR partition table; this is typically the case when using GRUB or LILO on an Intel-based Apple machine.

OPTIONS

−q

Do not print any message, do not prompt to modify the MBR.

−t

Truncate partitions starting or expending beyond 2 TiB (MBR limitation). Default is to ignore such partitions.

AUTHOR

gptsync was written by Christoph Pfisterer.

This manual page was written by Junichi Uekawa <dancer [AT] debian.org> and Julien BLACHE <jblache [AT] debian.org>, for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).