Partial fix to create a bootable system is to create a GPT friendly partition map. The explanation for this is long and circuitous. Google parted + GPT + howto for details.
Here's one parted map which allows GPT disks (> 2Tb) to be used smoothly, meaning grub without blocklists. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488111 for some details about blocklists. r...@home1:~# parted GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.159-1e0e Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Model: ATA WDC WD20EADS-00R (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 1018kB 1000kB bios_grub 2 1018kB 9262MB 9261MB linux-swap(new) 3 9262MB 29.3GB 20.0GB ext4 (parted) Please note... There still a bug in latest development install which skips running update-grub when new kernels are installed. This still exists in today's linux-image-2.6.31-8-generic kernel. After installing a new kernel check /boot/grub/grub.cfg and if the new kernel is missing run update-grub manually. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #488111 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488111 -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
