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GPT or MBR in the Gentoo Handbook
by Sven Vermeulen, post on Wed 18 December 2013

I just committed a set of changes against the Gentoo Handbook (x86 and amd64) with the intent to have better instructions on GPT (GUID Partition Table) layout versus MBR (Master Boot Record) or MSDOS-style layout.

The part on "Preparing the Disks" saw the most changes. It starts with explaining the …