On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:04:16PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just done most of an installation on a BIOS machine, with a pair of > new 4TB disks, which require GPT. > > Grub fails to install, which I possibly should have predicted - though I > thought di might have either coped or warned me. > > It seems I need a BIOS boot partition, and that it should fit in the > space before my first existing partition, is that right? Any tips on > creating such a thing, preferably from within the di environment? > > Or do I need to do some partitioning before starting the installer? > Links to relevant references or howtos welcome.
If you use guided partitioning the installer creates a 1MB partition with 'use as' set to 'Reserved BIOS boot area' which then shows as type 'biosgrub'. So that would be the type to create yourself. -- Len Sorensen
