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Joshua Hoblitt wrote: |
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> Grub 0.97 does not including support for GPT partition tables and |
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> upstream has stated that they have no intention of adding this support |
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> is it is a Grub "2" feature. Perhaps this is a pessimistic view point but |
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> I don't believe we'll be seeing a stable Grub "2" release for some time. |
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> This going to become a serious problem for many users in the near future |
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> as storage devices in excess of 2TB are becoming more and more common. |
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> We're likely just few years away from seeing single disks in this size |
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> range. |
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> In my case, I've encountered this issue already with 10TB RAID sets that |
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> I'd like to be able to boot from. I've been able to work around this |
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> limitation in two ways. 1) cutting the RAID set up into multiple |
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> volumes with first one being smaller than 2TB so it can host a msdos |
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> partition table or 2) building my own liveCD with a patched version of |
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> grub that supports GPT partition tables and using a portage overlay with |
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> the same patched version of grub. It is my belief that fix #2 is the |
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> more elegant solution. Therefore I'd like to propose that Gentoo |
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> patches grub to support GPT partitions. The patch that I pulled from |
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> the grub mailing lists to add this support is attached and I can attest |
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> that it is functional in a production environment. |
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> Thoughts? |
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> -J |
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Stuff like this is better suited for a bug where it can be discussed and |
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eventually a solution used. |
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I'd include in the bug this patch and your latest modified grub ebuild. |
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Cheers, |
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--K |
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