From: Thierry Parmentelat <thierry.parmentelat@sophia.inria.fr>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:27:05 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: partition tables using gpt instead of msdos with disks larger than 2TB
X-Git-Tag: bootmanager-5.0-23~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=bootmanager.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=8a254898555b429c8f22564cc4fa715ba6c0ade8

partition tables using gpt instead of msdos with disks larger than 2TB
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diff --git a/source/steps/InstallPartitionDisks.py b/source/steps/InstallPartitionDisks.py
index 5ca7507..ef99673 100644
--- a/source/steps/InstallPartitionDisks.py
+++ b/source/steps/InstallPartitionDisks.py
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ def single_partition_device_2_x ( device, vars, log):
         # get the device
         dev= parted.Device(device)
         # create a new partition table
-        disk= parted.freshDisk(dev,'msdos')
+        try:
+            disk= parted.freshDisk(dev,'msdos')
+        # use gpt as a fallback for disks larger than 2TB
+        except:
+            disk= parted.freshDisk(dev,'gpt')
         # create one big partition on each block device
         constraint= parted.constraint.Constraint (device=dev)
         geometry = parted.geometry.Geometry (device=dev, start=0, end=1)