Robert Millan wrote:
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 03:55:34PM +0100, Michael Renner wrote:
How hard is it to do a GPT install with the standard installer? I haven't tried, but I guess you could use the CD (with 'rescue' command) for your first boot, and then install GRUB 2 from there. Did you find any other problems?
Does D-I even allow choosing GPT instead of MSDOS partitions on i386/amd64? I haven't seen any prompts regarding that so far, and unfortunately I can't even test that anymore because the server is already on site. Anyway, this wasn't a problem for me because...
If the procedure is so awkward that the average admin of a 2 TiB server can't figure it out, then maybe we should reconsider..
...I installed the base installation onto a single disk, recompiled a new kernel with the driver for my raid-controller (which got into mainline only in 2.6.19 *sigh*), partitioned the raidcontroller-blockdevice using parted, moved the installation onto a FS on the raidcontroller and then faced the bootloader-problem (both lilo and grub saying GPwhat?)
Note that by "trying to fix it" I don't necessarily mean doing it all yourself :-). Just filing a bug report is something that helps; I think you should have done that before discarding GRUB 2 and trying to push GPT into GRUB Legacy.
No offense taken ;). Well, the GPT patch for legacy worked fine for me and I don't know how active the GRUB2 development is. If it takes another year or two before it's "production-stable" I'd rather opt for having a GPT-patched GRUB Legacy to have something to safely boot GPT-based machines in the meanwhile.
I'm sorry that upstream was unresponsive though. But we're all pretty busy here, you know.. ;)
No need for apologies, most (if not all) of us "do debian" (or open source..) in our spare time.
We can keep it open if you like (we have lots of wontfix bugs currently anyway ;). If GRUB 2 doesn't work, then please report a bug; and if it turns out it isn't something we can fix, then it would be more resonable to discuss about GPT in GRUB Legacy.
Ok, thanks for your time! I hope to have results by monday. best regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
