New release: 0.4.0
This version adds support for FreeBSD and big-endian systems. It also
adds support for BSD disklabels and an assortment of other changes,
improvements, and bug fixes.
diff --git a/README b/README
index a212e8f..042418b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
* The ability to convert MBR-partitioned disks in-place to GPT format,
without losing data
+* The ability to convert BSD disklabels in-place to create GPT
+ partitions, without losing data
+
* The ability to specify sector-exact partition sizes
* More flexible specification of filesystem type code GUIDs, which
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@
* The MBR boot loader code is left alone (GNU Parted tends to
wipe it out with every change)
+* The ability to create a hybrid MBR, which permits GPT-unaware
+ OSes to access up to three GPT partitions on the disk
+
Of course, gdisk isn't without its limitations. Most notably, it lacks the
filesystem awareness and filesystem-related features of GNU Parted. You
can't resize a partition's filesystem or create a partition with a
@@ -60,10 +66,10 @@
My main development platform is a system running the 64-bit version of
Ubuntu 8.04. I've also tested on 64-bit OpenSuSE, 32-bit Fedora 10, 32-bit
-Ubuntu 6.10, 64-bit Gentoo, 32-bit PowerPC Linux, and 32-bit Intel-based
-Mac OS X. Problems relating to 64-bit integers on the 32-bit Linux have
-been common during development and may crop up in the future. The Mac OS
-X and big-endian (PowerPC) support is new.
+Ubuntu 6.10, 64-bit Gentoo, 32-bit PowerPC Linux, 32-bit Intel-based Mac
+OS X, and 64-bit Fedora 7.1. Problems relating to 64-bit integers on the
+32-bit Linux have been common during development and may crop up in the
+future. The Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and big-endian (PowerPC) support are new.
Redistribution
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