The format used to define the hard disk partitions in computers with UEFI startup firmware. The GUID Partition Table (GPT) replaces the previous master boot record (MBR). GPT partitions can hold ...

Note that this command works only on Intel Macs with hard disks formatted using the GPT (GUID Partition Table) format with a journaled Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) file system.

Tagging along with EFI is a new partition scheme: GUID Partition Table (GPT); GUID itself is an acronym, expanding to Globally Unique Identifier. GUIDs are locally generated, world-unique random ...

The partition table configuration on a physical hard disk is standardized by GPT, which employs globally unique identifiers (GUID). Another type of partition table is the MBR.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -lu WARNING: GPT (GUID Parition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads ...

The partition table configuration on a physical hard disk is standardized by GPT, which employs globally unique identifiers (GUID). Another type of partition table is the MBR.

What actually happens is that it interprets the GPT partition table incorrectly, and that causes it to get confused about what is where on the disk. In my case with LMDE, what it did was write the ...