From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5281381F3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:44:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43E16E09F5; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:44:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from internet.com.uy (correo.tecnet.com.uy [200.40.123.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5FFAE09B3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:44:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acme7.acmenet (r190-134-45-30.dialup.adsl.anteldata.net.uy [190.134.45.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by correo.tecnet.com.uy (8.14.4/8.14.4/host-001) with ESMTP id r6JNi6Ql013483 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:44:11 -0300 X-TN_STAT: 25 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:44:09 -0300 From: luis jure To: gentoo-user Subject: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration - caveat Message-ID: <20130719204409.453daca8@acme7.acmenet> In-Reply-To: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> References: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (correo.tecnet.com.uy [200.40.123.43]); Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:44:12 -0300 (UYT) X-Archives-Salt: 9b500df1-8186-4e8a-9f5a-c865efc003f2 X-Archives-Hash: 783bf7562c9be001ff694e6388788c20 from my recent experience, a caveat if you're using GPT to partition your disk and intend to boot from it: grub won't install on the disk (at least if you have an old plain BIOS system, i understand this doesn't happen with UEFI ??? ). when i tried to run grub2-install i got this error message: "this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition" so i had to re-partition the disk and create a small partition at the beginning without file system and with the bios_grub flag activated. after that grub installed OK, and i can boot from my GPT partitioned SSD. i don't know if this can be of use to somebody. best, lj