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Am 09.07.2012 23:19, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: |
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> I browse through stuff like: |
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> http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/ |
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> and wonder ... (maybe some hours of sleep also help). |
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> Filtering my gentoo-user-IMAP-folder only threw up this thread. |
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> Additional "problem": this box dual-boots Win7pro. |
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Success so far: |
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converted sda to GPT, added boot-partition, works fine, gentoo and win7. |
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Also the mdadm-raids, everything OK. |
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Problem: |
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if I also convert sdb to GPT, there is no real MBR left in the system, |
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which makes my HP Elite 7300 MT fail at booting via BIOS (no newer BIOS |
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available, as far as I googled). |
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I could boot from sysresccd and chose "boot from first/second harddisk", |
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this triggered GRUB2 just fine. Several re-installations from within |
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chroot succeeded, but the BIOS ignored the GPT-tables, even after |
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pseudo-activating the protecting MBR etc. |
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So I went back to MBR on sdb. |
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Maybe I go the EFI-path in the next days, just for learning. |
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But I wonder how the migration might look like and work out, especially |
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with that win7pro on board. |
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It is still a productive box ... (gentoo way more important than win7, sure) |
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Stefan |
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