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On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:13:25 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: |
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> First attempt at a GPT/UEFI install. Instructions in the Handbook say |
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> that for a UEFI system, prepare the disk as; |
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> Partition Filesystem Size Description |
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> /dev/sda1 (bootloader) 2M BIOS boot partition |
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> /dev/sda2 ext2 (or vfat) 128M Boot partition |
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> <snip> |
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The BIOS boot partition is needed when using GPT *without* UEFI. For EFI, |
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the first partition should be the ESP, formatted using FAT. You can also |
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use this as /boot, and have to if you aren't using GRUB. For example, |
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this laptop has |
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% sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda |
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1 |
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Partition table scan: |
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MBR: protective |
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BSD: not present |
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APM: not present |
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GPT: present |
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Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. |
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Disk /dev/sda: 500118192 sectors, 238.5 GiB |
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Logical sector size: 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier (GUID): 26850F58-B4C1-48A7-BE0A-715BB53DDD0B |
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Partition table holds up to 128 entries |
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First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 500118158 |
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Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries |
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Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) |
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Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name |
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1 2048 2099199 1024.0 MiB EF00 EFI System |
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2 2099200 483340287 229.5 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem |
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3 483340288 500118158 8.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap |
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Neil Bothwick |
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trouble again |
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