fdisk warns with "WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The fdisk command is reporting that it does not support GPT (GUID Parttion Table):

    # fdisk -l

WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • util-linux-2.23

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