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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 20 May 2015 08:21:34 -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > > If you want to be able to use UEFI, you need to use GPT. UEFI needs a |
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> > > FAT partition at the start of the drive, type FE00, but booting a GPT |
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> > > disk with MBR requires a small BIOS boot partition, type EF02, at the |
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> > > start of the drive (mine is 1MB). |
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> > > For ease of switching to UEFI later, I'd do |
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> > > sda1 1MB BIOS boot, type EF00 |
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> > > sda2 /boot, type 8300 |
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> > > everything else. |
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> > > You can make sda2 ext2, then, when it is time to switch, simply backup |
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> > > the contents of /boot, replace sda1 and sda2 with a single EF00 |
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> > > partition, formatted with FAT, and copy the contents of /boot back. |
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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 the |
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> correct type and GRUB will work. |
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I have been usinglilo, so till I need to go to a uefi mb, that seems to |
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work. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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