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On Wed, 20 May 2015 06:51:53 -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > You should really consider moving to GRUB2 though. I don't know about |
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> > legacy GRUB, but GRUB2 can handle your boot partition being on btrfs. |
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> > I still left space on my drives for a boot partition anyway, since it |
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> > will be needed when I move to EFI. |
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> How did you makr the boot partition, or is it just linux? Did you use |
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> gpt or mbr? I am about to convert to ssd, and I may as well do it in |
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> such a way that future mbs will work much easier. |
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If you want t be able to use UEFI, you need to use GPT. UEFI needs a FAT |
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partition at the start of the drive, type FE00, but booting a GPT disk |
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with MBR requires a small BIOS boot partition, type EF02, at the start of |
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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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Neil Bothwick |
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How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a |
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good idea to put wheels on luggage? |
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