From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OApk7-0001t1-58 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 May 2010 19:31:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05C77E081C; Sat, 8 May 2010 19:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6367E081C for ; Sat, 8 May 2010 19:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi17 with SMTP id 17so155376wwi.40 for ; Sat, 08 May 2010 12:31:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=6k8OeJDaU6dJaiQvuDOhnb48b+xyPsxOGkWoRPbb3U0=; b=mfXeTAxCUyfkKx0+8I5rpukFM2gBRzVPKCtM1brO30JTJAcpRWTLmrhs4Xd6ODl/b3 fxPCnaEuDUQdY3UshKrYKf1tZLxM7mEjkj4DMunSmepePMLicP8SyQn6poQmxcJNc06t BNIWANEhTzrbS8ETuAfyBIUFYbjuMhZOpwRu8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=HOQTmuArHfs40qS6ZlhFYLJcJ+m52ZJbP97gHozQbUWG6hcsZREGosyCyl1K6R+Bui 6m3n6pvCI1qy6XBI60jJh2PsTVy3yq4lsOpQT4pVRNbta+DA7zyaRrRKt9z6J6dQEMXZ rvUDB/j41s0uIPSXzsfYWhUOG19moTE8Qdz+k= Received: by 10.227.154.67 with SMTP id n3mr1626188wbw.216.1273347068200; Sat, 08 May 2010 12:31:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x34sm20917760wbd.4.2010.05.08.12.31.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 08 May 2010 12:31:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 20:30:55 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.33-gentoo-r2; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <1273328196.4108.12.camel@opaline> In-Reply-To: <1273328196.4108.12.camel@opaline> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1468955.FgotKDjDQR"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201005082031.06206.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 192c7da7-25d7-4809-acd8-21c9b2ecc74b X-Archives-Hash: e0227d9a8d04f10324c0eaf89e35a977 --nextPart1468955.FgotKDjDQR Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 08 May 2010 15:16:36 claude ang=E9loz wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I installed a gentoo on a very recent system (efi support) . AT the > reception of the laptop it was a disk label msdos, with a boot > partition w** installer ... I changed that against a GPt disk label. I > can install without problem the gentoo , but now it doenst boot. >=20 > I read some docs about gpt,mbr,boot principles and tried some tools >=20 > - install the grub2 masked package and grub-install. >=20 > - a special partion bios_grub as 1st bootable partition. > but actually no succesful... > but in the parted i did not see this "bios_grub" as flag... >=20 > I found some tips from the web , but i guess that was only valid for a > macintel system, not a normal pc with a disk labeled gpt and an efi > support. >=20 > I know that it is not required an efi partiton to boot the os with > pc/bios and gpt disk. Or is it false ? >=20 > If anybody has an other idea. Or I must abandon the gpt disk label ? > Is there an equivalent refitr in OS x86 ? >=20 > Thanks > Best regards > Claude I do not have either an efi machine or a gpt disk to know for sure, but=20 perhaps the following two applications may be of help in creating a EFI=20 binary: * sys-boot/mbr-gpt Available versions: =20 ~ 0.0.1 "~x86 ~amd64" Homepage: http://aybabtu.com/mbr-gpt/ Description: An MBR that can handle BIOS-based boot on GPT. * sys-boot/gnu-efi Available versions: =20 * 3.0a-r1 "ia64 x86" ~ 3.0e "~ia64 ~x86 ~amd64" ~ 3.0g "~amd64 ia64 ~x86" ~ 3.0i "~amd64 ~ia64 ~x86" Homepage: http://developer.intel.com/technology/efi Description: Library for build EFI Applications Instructions for installing, booting using EFI systems are here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook- ia64.xml?style=3Dprintable&part=3D1&chap=3D2 HTH =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1468955.FgotKDjDQR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkvlu/oACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZ6LACgkyoKzM0d6RnnS48LhIsztJto Q4cAoODAoqJCvt1JxiVUR7GVtODuZm+b =rZ9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1468955.FgotKDjDQR--