[Info-vax] questions on initialize/gpt

[Stephen Hoffman]

Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:

> AIUI, (not actually having used IA-64 VMS) the GPT.SYS file is just a 
> fake partition created by VMS $ init to allow the contents to be 
> visible from the console.

ps: terminology arcana: GPT.SYS does protect the GPT from OpenVMS 
stomping on it, but GPT.SYS is not itself a partition.  Not at any 
level: not OpenVMS, nor GPT, nor MBR.



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