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-rw-r--r--perl-install/install/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--perl-install/partition_table.pm4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 5f6c72c91..ae674ff17 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- default to GPT on disks larger than 4TB, not LVM
+
Version 16.51 - 3 February 2015
- Mageia 5 beta 3
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index 0e493ef6f..d167b6521 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ sub get_normal_parts_and_holes {
sub _default_type {
my ($hd) = @_;
- is_uefi() ? 'gpt' :
- $hd->{totalsectors} > 4 * 1024 * 1024 * 2048 ? 'lvm' : "dos"; #- default to LVM on full disk when >4TB
+ # default to GPT on UEFI systems and disks > 4TB
+ is_uefi() || $hd->{totalsectors} > 4 * 1024 * 1024 * 2048 ? 'gpt' : "dos";
}
sub initialize {