On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Russell L. Harris > <rlhar...@broadcaster.org> wrote: >> * Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> [120207 12:12]: >>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris >>> <rlhar...@broadcaster.org> wrote: >>> >> So I plan to reboot the GParted-Live flash USB (now upgraded to >> 0.11.0) and experiment. >>> >>> "bios_grub"/"bios_boot" is a type/flag like "boot", "lvm", "raid". In >>> fdisk/gdisk, you use "t" to set them and in parted you use "set". >> >> Using GParted to partition the drive just prior to this installation >> attempt, I created a separate /boot partition as the first partition. >> I then used the "manage flags" menu of GParted to set the boot flag. >> In addition to the "boot" flag, the menu offered also the "bios-grub" >> flag. Should I have set both the "boot" and the "bios-grub" flag for >> the partition "/boot"? > > I wouldn't worry about the "boot" flag; I don't have it set on any > partition on my netbook and it boots fine. If you do want to use it, > set it to "/boot" or to "/" if you don't have a separate "/boot". > > The "bios_grub" flag shouldn't be applied to "/boot" or any other > partition with a filesystem. > > if you want to install grub to the MBR, create a 1MB partition as the > first partition of your GPT disk and flag it as "bios_grub" and then > create "/boot', etc.
FORGOT! In your case, make sure that you also apply the "boot" flag to the "bios_grub" partition, as this might be a solution to your grub boot problem. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696482 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754850 There's a third bug report with more info (IIRC, mentioning Lenovo) but it's now been marked "private"... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyRV+2ZZ3DHcAhvyrZToH4MnGho57h=gxofg_bhy1p...@mail.gmail.com
