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== Remove tedious details on <s>about OS/2</s> partitioning? ==
Just as all the ''overwhelming'' HOW-TO details about the use of MS-DOS's FDISK (added by unknow user 69.177.103.53 on 14 JAN 2007) were removed by Admin. [[User:RexNL]], I see no reason to keep all these details about <s>OS/2</s> UNIX/Linux; <s>which is arguably running on a very small percentage of computers today</s>. Any comments before we revert back? <s>to a short discussion of OS/2 partitioning</s>?<br>[[User:TheStarman|Daniel B. Sedory]] 08:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
:As it turns out, the detailed notes mentioned above had nothing to do with OS/2 at all... they were for the UNIX/Linux 'fdisk ' program; for which all the details can be found in a number of the external links cited here. Therefore the material has been removed, since it would be more appropriate for an e-BOOK on the subject, but not an article. [[User:TheStarman|Daniel B. Sedory]] 09:26, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

=== Solution: UNIX fdisk examples in new article ===
Having recently read the article on [[Dd_(Unix)]], I propose placing a well-defined link under the section, UNIX, Linux and derived fdisks, to their own article: [[fdisk_(Unix)]]. Unless someone has some deep concerns about this (and gets authorization to remove it), I'm going to create that new article very soon. I do not, however, know if doing so requires this present article to have a 'disambiguous' tag or not. [[User:TheStarman|Daniel B. Sedory]] 22:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

== Many broken links here! ==
Many of the external links here are 'dead' or malformed (see the very first link!), so any help fixing these would be appreciated. [[User:TheStarman|Daniel B. Sedory]] 09:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[FreeDOS]] FDISK ==
Can someone post an image of the FreeDOS FDISK to replace the copyrighted Microsoft screenshot? --[[User:Jtalledo|Jtalledo]] [[User_talk:Jtalledo|(talk)]] 15:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

== Why remove reference to VMware's 'partedUtil' ==

Dear Wtshymanski,
Can you please explain why, given the article already references similar Unix based partition editing utilities, you felt it necessary to revert my edit that mentioned VMware's 'parteduUtil'?

Given the same 'divergence' from the core topic, why don't you go ahead and edit out all the references to similar Unix tools? 

On those grounds, I have reverted the edit. If you feel it belongs under 'Unix-like tools', please feel free to move it there.

[[User:Meaning of Fife|Meaning of Fife]] ([[User talk:Meaning of Fife|talk]]) 23:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

:The sentence you added is:
::<code>[[VMWare]] includes a basic partition editing tool called [[partedUtil]]. Error messages from the tool seem to indicate it is built using [[libparted]].</code>
:You didn't say whether this tool creates real partitions or virtual partitions, and whether the partitions it creates are FDISK-compatible or not. You added a red link to [[libparted]] without explaining what that is. And you provide no references or any context to explain why this is relevant. I assume the Unix-like tools are actually called "fdisk", while this tool—[[partedUtil]]—is not. The article is not a "[[List of disk partitioning software|survey of partitioning tools]]". Perhaps your edit would be better received in the [[List of disk partitioning software]] article. [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 00:17, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

::{{ping|Meaning of Fife}} Hi. Basically, there are three problems with your edits:
::#First, you are disregarding [[WP:BRD]], reinstating your reverted change without reaching a consensus. You risk starting an [[WP:EW|edit war]].
::#Second, this article is about fdisk and your sentence is not about fdisk.
::#Third, [[WP:SYNTH|synthesis of published sources is not allowed in Wikipedia]].

::Best regards,
::[[User:Codename Lisa|Codename Lisa]] ([[User talk:Codename Lisa|talk]]) 08:03, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

== linux-fdisk writing things behind MBR ==

Right now i suspect fdisk (util-linux 2.20.1) writing stuff behind the MBR (but not necessarily after the beginning of the first partition). I'm sure this happend while i only changed the partition type from 7 to 83, while bootflag set(unchanged). Manpage only says fdisk "does fuzzy things" (and strangely recommends not to use itself ..). --[[User:Itu|Itu]] ([[User talk:Itu|talk]]) 16:38, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
:After "fuzzing around" with fdisk very often I cannot appriove that. (typos above fixed)--[[User:Mideal|Mideal]] ([[User talk:Mideal|talk]]) 09:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

== Linux ==
The main focus of the article should be shifted to *nix (as fdisk is replaced for Windows in the meantime). Additionally, sfdisk, cfdisk and gdisk/sgdisk (for GPT partition tables) should be mentioned - there is already a redirection from gdisk but it not mentioned!--[[User:Mideal|Mideal]] ([[User talk:Mideal|talk]]) 09:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

: I agree with this. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why I was being redirected to [[fdisk]] when I wanted to read about [[gdisk]]. Information about ''gdisk'' should be added soon. <span style="border:2px solid #3333FF;background:#FFFF99; padding:2px"> [[User:Zoohouse|<span style="color:green;">Joel M.</span>]][[User talk:Zoohouse|<span style="color:blue;">Chat ✐</span>]]</span> 00:22, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
== "Xfdisk" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
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