[GRLUG] reformating usb disk with microsoft reserved partition

[Eric Beversluis]

I meant to mention that it's a gpt disk.
On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 09:03 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I need to reformat an external use drive (ioSafe) to ext4 for use
> backing up files from a ClearOS (based on CentOS) server.
> 
> The drive is 4TB and has a 134MB "Microsoft Reserved Partition." Should
> I just leave that alone or delete it and make one big partition? Some
> reading online leads me to think that if the drive is ever used for M$
> purposes it would need that partition. Would there be any other reason
> for keeping it? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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