on the size and placement of volumes. The 'free extents'
information will detail the regions which are available for creating
new volumes. A volume cannot span across 2 different free extents.
- It will default to using <code>msdos</code> as the pool source format.
+ It will default to using <code>dos</code> as the pool source format.
</p>
<h3>Example pool input</h3>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
- The <code>dos</code> or <code>gpt</code> formats are recommended for
- best portability - the latter is needed for disks larger than 2TB.
+ The formats <code>dos</code> ("msdos" in parted terminology,
+ good for BIOS systems) or <code>gpt</code> (good for UEFI
+ systems) are recommended for best portability - the latter is
+ needed for disks larger than 2TB.
</p>
<h3>Valid volume format types</h3>