On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:56:23 -0500, chris wrote: > I am trying to setup squeeze on a machine with a WD2001FAS (2TB). The > first problem I am having is that when I initialize the drive it doesn't > prompt me for MBR/GPT so I assume its doing GPT?
Most modern linux systems automatically manage that, no need to tweak or setup nothing. An old BIOS is the one that can make noise here. > Secondly, when I create my first partition it is 8GB, ext4, I cannot > make it bootable. I continue the install and grub fails to install on > sda. I tried playing with the SATA mode in the bios ide/sata/ahci, no > luck. > > Is this something thats happening due the size? Is this one of those > drives with a weird sector size and maybe thats doing it? Why does grub > fail? Can I somehow get the installer do install grub1 instead? I've always experienced problems for installing GRUB in the first attempt, I mean, on standard disks. When it fails, I select "do not install a bootloader" and get it from another source (i.e., SuperGrubDisk). Expert installer should ask for the GRUB version to install. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
