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From: David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Boot partitions (WAS: migrating disks (from mounts to disklabels
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:12:24
Message-Id: 20101120165325.160fa547@karnak.local
1 On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:10:02 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
2 [gentoo-user] migrating disks (from mounts to disklabels:
3
4 >On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:26:03 +0000, David W Noon wrote:
5 >
6 >> Unless you have the mother of all initrd's or initramfs's, you cannot
7 >> have /boot on a logical partition -- only a primary partition, as
8 >> BIOS interrupts will only access raw drives and primary partitions.
9 [snip]
10 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
11 >/dev/sda1 124 1250263039 625131458 5 Extended
12 [snip]
13 >Really? Please don't tell this computer, it's been booting from a
14 >logical partition for more than six years.
15
16 You must have a newer BIOS than I have on my 2004-vintage box, offering
17 non-standard BIOS facilities. The ISA-standard BIOS only offers
18 bootstrap from primary partitions.
19
20 Your extended partition begins at sector 124. Any idea what is
21 occupying sectors 0 - 123 ?
22 --
23 Regards,
24
25 Dave [RLU #314465]
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27 dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot partitions (WAS: migrating disks (from mounts to disklabels Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>