Setting CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED and CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION in the kernel config, things work as they should. I also found that I can boot from a gpt partition (with lilo).
Please close this bug report. I humbly and sheepishly apologize for the noise. Cheers, Paul Szabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]