[Nix-dev] install on a gpt based disk
Roelof Wobben
r.wobben at home.nl
Sat Apr 5 18:21:38 CEST 2014
Mathijs Kwik schreef op 5-4-2014 19:34:
> I'm running from/on GPT just fine. Is it a UEFI-based system or BIOS?
> For BIOS systems, you need to put a special small 1Mb partition on it
> for grub to boot. Like this (gdisk output, partition 1):
>
> Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
> 1 2048 4095 1024.0 KiB EF02 BIOS boot partition
> 2 4096 10239 3.0 MiB A585 keychain
> 3 10240 1050623 508.0 MiB 8300 Boot Partition
> 4 1050624 5860533134 2.7 TiB 8E00 pv3tba
>
> Of course you can also just repartition to an oldschool bios-style disk
> by using fdisk, but I personally prefer GPT even on non-uefi systems
> because of the partition labels and getting rid of "extended partition"
> hacks.
>
Thanks,
I will try this .
Roelof
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