Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 May 2015 06:51:53 -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
>
> > > You should really consider moving to GRUB2 though.  I don't know about
> > > legacy GRUB, but GRUB2 can handle your boot partition being on btrfs.
> > > I still left space on my drives for a boot partition anyway, since it
> > > will be needed when I move to EFI.
> >
> > How did you makr the boot partition, or is it just linux?  Did you use
> > gpt or mbr?  I am about to convert to ssd, and I may as well do it in
> > such a way that future mbs will work much easier.
>
> If you want t be able to use UEFI, you need to use GPT. UEFI needs a FAT
> partition at the start of the drive, type FE00, but booting a GPT disk
> with MBR requires a small BIOS boot partition, type EF02, at the start of
> the drive (mine is 1MB).
>
> For ease of switching to UEFI later, I'd do
>
> sda1 1MB BIOS boot, type EF00
> sda2 /boot, type 8300
> everything else.
>
> You can make sda2 ext2, then, when it is time to switch, simply backup
> the contents of /boot, replace sda1 and sda2 with a single EF00
> partition, formatted with FAT, and copy the contents of /boot back.

Thanks, does the 1mb partition have to have anything in it?

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