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On 05/08/2010 07:16 AM, claude angéloz wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I installed a gentoo on a very recent system (efi support) . AT the |
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> reception of the laptop it was a disk label msdos, with a boot |
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> partition w** installer ... I changed that against a GPt disk label. I |
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> can install without problem the gentoo , but now it doenst boot. |
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> I read some docs about gpt,mbr,boot principles and tried some tools |
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> - install the grub2 masked package and grub-install. |
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> - a special partion bios_grub as 1st bootable partition. |
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> but actually no succesful... |
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> but in the parted i did not see this "bios_grub" as flag... |
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> I found some tips from the web , but i guess that was only valid for a |
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> macintel system, not a normal pc with a disk labeled gpt and an efi |
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> support. |
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> I know that it is not required an efi partiton to boot the os with |
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> pc/bios and gpt disk. Or is it false ? |
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I guarantee that some smart geek here will know how to do it, though you |
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may need to search around for the appropriate forum: |
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http://www.boot-land.net/forums/ |
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BTW, why do you want to use gpt on a laptop? |