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From: Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SNAFU: TO THE N'TH POWER!
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 17:11:56
Message-Id: 1c9be479-8743-10ac-b75e-b48b4e265518@verizon.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] SNAFU: TO THE N'TH POWER! by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:41:44 -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
3 >
4 >> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
5 >> /dev/sdc1 2048 264191 262144 128M EFI System
6 >> /dev/sdc2 526336 537233407 536707072 255.9G Linux filesystem
7 >> /dev/sdc3 264192 526335 262144 128M BIOS boot
8 > You don't have a BIOS boot partition on a UEFI system. They are for
9 > compatibility when using GPT disks with BIOS systems, and even hen you
10 > don't put anything on them.
11 >
12 > Just create an EFI System partition, formatted using FAT and mounted
13 > at /boot as the first partition, then divide the rest of the disk
14 > between /, /home swap as you see fit.
15
16 It appears to be a 2-stage boot process:
17
18 BIOS boot -> Binary of GRUB bootstrap loader.
19
20 Boot -> Grub libraries, config, and kernels.
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23
24 --
25 Strange Game.
26 The only winning move is not to play.
27
28 Powers are not rights.

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Re: [gentoo-user] SNAFU: TO THE N'TH POWER! Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>