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On Wed, 20 May 2015 14:29:27 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Thanks, does the 1mb partition have to have anything in it? |
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> > No. If doesn't even need a filesystem, just create the partition with |
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> > the correct type and GRUB will work. |
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> From what I recall gdisk just starts at sector 2048, doesn't this leave |
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> space for MBR code? Note the message "MBR: protective" below: |
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So does fdisk with an MBR partition table. It defaults to 2048 to avoid |
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alignment problems with disks using 4k blocks. |
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> # gdisk /dev/sda |
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> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 |
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> Partition table scan: |
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> MBR: protective |
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> BSD: not present |
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> APM: not present |
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> GPT: present |
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> Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. |
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You still need the BIOS boot partition. This is about BIOS vs UEFI |
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booting. |
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% sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda |
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.0 |
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Partition table scan: |
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MBR: protective |
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BSD: not present |
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APM: not present |
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GPT: present |
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Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. |
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Disk /dev/sda: 5860533168 sectors, 2.7 TiB |
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Logical sector size: 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier (GUID): 04EFD165-FDDF-4C24-BA81-868B97BF9949 |
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Partition table holds up to 128 entries |
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First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 5860533134 |
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Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries |
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Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) |
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Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name |
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1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB EF02 BIOS boot partition |
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2 4096 2101247 1024.0 MiB 8300 boot0 |
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3 2101248 35655679 16.0 GiB 8200 swap0 |
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4 35655680 5860533134 2.7 TiB 8300 silastic0 |
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Neil Bothwick |
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