From: walt <w41ter@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:22:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hsf9mn$l2d$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1273328196.4108.12.camel@opaline>
On 05/08/2010 07:16 AM, claude angéloz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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.
>
> I read some docs about gpt,mbr,boot principles and tried some tools
>
> - install the grub2 masked package and grub-install.
>
> - 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...
>
> 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.
>
> I know that it is not required an efi partiton to boot the os with
> pc/bios and gpt disk. Or is it false ?
I guarantee that some smart geek here will know how to do it, though you
may need to search around for the appropriate forum:
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/
BTW, why do you want to use gpt on a laptop?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-12 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-06 8:37 [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure Roger Mason
2010-05-06 11:52 ` Mick
2010-05-06 12:38 ` Roger Mason
2010-05-06 12:51 ` Mick
2010-05-06 13:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 13:34 ` Dale
2010-05-06 14:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 15:03 ` Dale
2010-05-06 15:25 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 16:03 ` Dale
2010-05-07 6:28 ` Mick
2010-05-07 8:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 14:19 ` Roger Mason
2010-05-09 21:46 ` Walter Dnes
2010-05-10 15:18 ` [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure [solved] Roger Mason
2010-05-07 8:51 ` [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure Peter Humphrey
2010-05-06 14:25 ` Stroller
2010-05-06 15:37 ` Roger Mason
2010-05-06 16:03 ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-06 16:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-07 7:07 ` Andrea Conti
2010-05-07 10:03 ` Roger Mason
2010-05-07 11:30 ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-07 13:33 ` Roger Mason
2010-05-08 14:16 ` [gentoo-user] Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label claude angéloz
2010-05-08 19:30 ` Mick
2010-05-10 16:01 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 20:00 ` Mick
2010-05-12 20:47 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 21:47 ` Mick
2010-05-12 21:59 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 22:22 ` walt [this message]
2010-05-13 21:08 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2010-05-13 22:12 ` Mick
2010-05-13 23:21 ` walt
2010-05-14 11:34 ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-14 12:23 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-14 14:45 ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-15 14:58 ` walt
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