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Originally Posted by masonm (Post 6003375)

Mostly because of the advantages of gpt vs mbr

If GPT is your only issue, then there really is no need to run in UEFI mode. My laptop runs in Legacy BIOS mode, with a GPT-partitioned disk. Works perfectly. Just ensure that, if you use GRUB as your master boot loader, you have a “BIOS Boot Partition” (Type Code ‘EF02’), into which GRUB will dump its core module (this partition replaces the “empty space” between the Master Boot Record and the first partition on an MBR-partitioned disk).

Just for your information, here is what the ‘gdisk’ utility has to say about the partition table on this disk:

Code:

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.4



Partition table scan:

  MBR: protective

  BSD: not present

  APM: not present

  GPT: present



Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB

Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M

Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes

Disk identifier (GUID): 38EF380D-5A78-4757-A695-F2635093AC5D

Partition table holds up to 128 entries

Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33

First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134

Partitions will be aligned on 128-sector boundaries

Total free space is 1517 sectors (758.5 KiB)



Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size      Code  Name

  1            128            2047  960.0 KiB  EF02  BIOS boot partition

  2            2048          262143  127.0 MiB  8300  Linux filesystem

  3          262144      100925439  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  4      100925440      201588735  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  5      201588736      302252031  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  6      302252032      402915327  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  7      402915328      503578623  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  8      503578624      604241919  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  9      604241920      704905215  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  10      704905216      1953523711  595.4 GiB  8300  Linux filesystem

One caveat: Windows will not (to the best of my knowledge) support booting from a GPT disk under Legacy BIOS mode. However, to be honest, to me that feels more like a plus than a disadvantage. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by luvr (Post 6003842)

Code:

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.4



Partition table scan:

  MBR: protective

  BSD: not present

  APM: not present

  GPT: present



Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB

Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M

Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes

Disk identifier (GUID): 38EF380D-5A78-4757-A695-F2635093AC5D

Partition table holds up to 128 entries

Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33

First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134

Partitions will be aligned on 128-sector boundaries

Total free space is 1517 sectors (758.5 KiB)



Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size      Code  Name

  1            128            2047  960.0 KiB  EF02  BIOS boot partition

  2            2048          262143  127.0 MiB  8300  Linux filesystem

  3          262144      100925439  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  4      100925440      201588735  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  5      201588736      302252031  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  6      302252032      402915327  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  7      402915328      503578623  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  8      503578624      604241919  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  9      604241920      704905215  48.0 GiB    8300  Linux filesystem

  10      704905216      1953523711  595.4 GiB  8300  Linux filesystem

One caveat: Windows will not (to the best of my knowledge) support booting from a GPT disk under Legacy BIOS mode. However, to be honest, to me that feels more like a plus than a disadvantage. :)

Thanks for the info, for Slack I use LILO which didn't want to install MBR on GPT and I couldn't figure out how to make it do so. Got the UEFI issue sorted by using -current so all is well.

I couldn't care less what Windows does or doesn't support LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by masonm (Post 6003848)

Thanks for the info, for Slack I use LILO which didn't want to install MBR on GPT and I couldn't figure out how to make it do so.

I seem to remember running into this very issue with Slackware 14.1. When I installed 14.2, I didn’t expect it to work, but to my surprise, it did!

I currently use GRUB, under the control of Debian, as my master boot loader, but I’ve seriously been considering replacing it with a custom-built GRUB copy that I would maintain manually. I used to install a custom-built GRUB 0.97 as the master boot loader, but that doesn’t support GPT. That “manual maintenance” doesn’t really mean all that much, actually; with a little bit of careful attention, it only requires intervention when an operating system is added to or removed from the computer.

P.S.: Me, too, I don’t give a hoot about what Windows does or does not support… ;)