Distro that can install with GPT/EFI
I love using Arch on my other computers, but I recently got a Sandy Bridge for an HTPC. With that in mind which distro/how would I go about installing linux with UEFI and GPT support right from the get-go?
I tried with Arch, but all I've gotten is a PITA few days with nothing to show but a screen saying GRUB_ All suggestions appreciated. |
There is a special version of Grub2 in the Arch repositories that is UEFI compatible: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?s...gged=&limit=50
Also, GPT is only supported since Grub2 or in LILO, which has a special version named ELILO for UEFI. |
I have installed grub2_efi_x86_64 and also tried to use archboot (which can supposedly install uefi/gpt config) with no success. I've been toying with it for three days now, I just want something that just works now and maybe come back to Arch, unless you know someone who has got it working?
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I've just spent a number of hours trying this, with now success. If anybody has a clue, let us know! I can get Arch to install to a gpt-formatted disk, but I can't get it to boot via efi. |
I have some (maybe) good news for you; I got it working...
I reformatted the drive ( 200MB fat32, 5GB swap, 20GB ext4 root, rest ext4 home) with gptfdisk. Booted from archboot in non-UEFI mode and installed with grub2-efi Rebooted using archboot in UEFI mode to chroot the drive Followed ArchWiki Grub2 page (except used /boot/efi/grub, not /boot/efi/efi/grub as my boot partition and uefi partition were the same). Rebooted again in UEFI mode for hdd. I believe this is how I got it working. I'm sorry I should have written it up when I got it to work. Main thing I can say is don't forget the configuration heading on the wiki page, it is a bit down the page so can make you think you're done when you're not. Other than Arch, I was willing to try Gentoo but didn't get around to it. |
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