Don't forget to know at least 3 important spots on the application as illustrated below. September 2020 0.50 Initial preliminary release.
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Why do you need GPT? You will need it when you (1) have hard disk with >=2TB capacity (2) want more than four primary partitions (3) need to install operating system with GPT technology or (4) just want to try it.įor more clarity I suggest you to read HowToGeek's article on this. Driver during Ubuntu Desktop OS Installation: General updates for Ubuntu version Minor clarifications and corrections New steps for when secure boot is enabled Updated a directory location in Section 5.3, Install the AMD-RAIDXpert2 Management Application. However, if you want to use a hard disk, either with GPT or MBR, you must format it. Not only that, MBR can only be used for hard disk below 2TB capacity while GPT supports 2TB hard disk or more. To make it short, MBR technology limits us to have only maximum 4 primary partitions in a hard disk, while GPT technology unlocks the limitations into unlimited number of primary partitions. What are MBR and GPT? They are technologies to layout partitions inside storage disk drive.
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But if you have laptops after 2011, particularly if it comes with Windows 10 preinstalled, you can be sure it is with GPT. If you have laptops from before 2011, big chance they would still with MBR. Or, Option 2: install Ubuntu on an older hard drive with more storage but slower start up speeds and use the 128GB as a small mount point. These instructions assume that you have already done the basic installation for the flash device (SSD). Today, particularly after 2011, almost all new personal computers are already with GPT. For a very long time, all personal computers were with MBR technology. We need to install the exFAT utility in order to do so. GUID Partition Table or GPT is technology successor to Master Boot Record or MBR. While drives that are formatted with an exFAT file system can be accessed by Ubuntu from a default installation, it isn't possible to create new exFAT file systems with just a basic Ubuntu installation. If you already know GPT, skip this to step 1 below.
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(Ubuntu Disk Utility after formatting a GPT flash disk drive)
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Not only to flash drive, you can also apply this tutorial to hard disk and other storage media drives. You do not need to install additional software thanks to the built-in Disk Utility tool. This tutorial explains step by step to format a USB Flash Drive with GPT technology on Ubuntu.