On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:39:52PM +0100, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > I'm wondering if there is a grub option to force gpt for anaconda.
>
> I'm not sure, but try 'gpt' maybe? I know 'nogpt' exists but I don't
> know if there's a parameter to override the blacklist.
There is no cmdline option to o
On Apr 23, 2012 1:12 AM, "Chris Murphy" wrote:
>
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> > I already have a GPT partition (from my previous installation), but
> > Anaconda complains that my boot partition should be of type msdos. The
> > only way to proceed seems to be discarding all
On Apr 22, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> I already have a GPT partition (from my previous installation), but
> Anaconda complains that my boot partition should be of type msdos. The
> only way to proceed seems to be discarding all partitions and creating
> an msdos partition table.
We
On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 11:20 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
>
> > It's a lenovo thinkpad (edge). I remember a bug about some thinkpad
> > models having problem with gpt, but it would seem to me as an
> > extreme action if all lenovo models were black
On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 20:04 +0300, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2012 6:35 PM, "Chris Murphy"
> wrote:
> >
> > On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> >
> >> I just tried to do a fresh installation with the F17 Beta
> Installation DVD (x86_64). On the partitions stage I chose to us
> I already have a GPT partition (from my previous installation), but
> Anaconda complains that my boot partition should be of type msdos. The
> only way to proceed seems to be discarding all partitions and creating
> an msdos partition table.
It worked for me on a "white-box clone" with exactly o
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
>
> It's a lenovo thinkpad (edge). I remember a bug about some thinkpad models
> having problem with gpt, but it would seem to me as an extreme action if all
> lenovo models were blacklisted.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:23:55AM -0700, John Reiser wrote:
> > Is there a compelling reason to want GPT? The format itself is better
> > than MBR, but unless I required (a) disk > 2TB or (b) lots of primary
> > partitions, I wouldn't worry ...
>
> GPT is more robust in some ways. GPT keeps a r
> Is there a compelling reason to want GPT? The format itself is better
> than MBR, but unless I required (a) disk > 2TB or (b) lots of primary
> partitions, I wouldn't worry ...
GPT is more robust in some ways. GPT keeps a redundant copy of its info:
at the far end as well as at the beginning.
On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> It's a lenovo thinkpad (edge). I remember a bug about some thinkpad models
> having problem with gpt, but it would seem to me as an extreme action if all
> lenovo models were blacklisted. Gpt was working just fine on F16 on the same
> hardwar
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:04:48PM +0300, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> It's a lenovo thinkpad (edge). I remember a bug about some thinkpad models
> having problem with gpt, but it would seem to me as an extreme action if
> all lenovo models were blacklisted. Gpt was working just fine on F16 on the
> same
On 22/04/12 18:04, Nikos Roussos wrote:
I'm wondering if there is a grub option to force gpt for anaconda.
Unsure, I've always formatted as GPT (if applicable) before install.
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On Apr 22, 2012 6:35 PM, "Chris Murphy" wrote:
>
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
>
>> I just tried to do a fresh installation with the F17 Beta Installation
DVD (x86_64). On the partitions stage I chose to use all space, discarding
all preexisting partitions, but it creates an
On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> I just tried to do a fresh installation with the F17 Beta Installation DVD
> (x86_64). On the partitions stage I chose to use all space, discarding all
> preexisting partitions, but it creates an msdos partition table instead of
> gpt.
>
> Is
On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 17:37 +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 02/07/2012 12:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 23:19 +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> >> On 02/06/2012 10:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> >>> In Fedora 16 we changed to using GPT as the default disklabel for new
> >>> in
On Mar 2, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
> Model: ATA ST9500420AS (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: gpt
> Disk Flags: pmbr_boot
>
> Number Start End SizeFile system Name Flags
> 1 1049kB 2097kB 1049kB
On 03/02/2012 07:09 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>
> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
>> Yep as expected F17 alpha is broken in the same way on my laptop.
>
> Your laptop is what hardware? Any install media kernel parameters used? What
> installation type? Can you provide both an
On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Yep as expected F17 alpha is broken in the same way on my laptop.
Your laptop is what hardware? Any install media kernel parameters used? What
installation type? Can you provide both an fdisk and parted (or gdisk) listing
of the post-installa
On 02/07/2012 12:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 23:19 +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 02/06/2012 10:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>>> In Fedora 16 we changed to using GPT as the default disklabel for new
>>> installs. In a few cases, mostly limited to Lenovo hardware, we foun
On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 04:54:01PM -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 23:19 +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > On 02/06/2012 10:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> > > In Fedora 16 we changed to using GPT as the default disklabel for new
> > > installs. In a few cases, mostly limited to L
On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 23:19 +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 02/06/2012 10:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> > In Fedora 16 we changed to using GPT as the default disklabel for new
> > installs. In a few cases, mostly limited to Lenovo hardware, we found
> > that some BIOS's would not boot from GPT. We
On 02/06/2012 10:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> In Fedora 16 we changed to using GPT as the default disklabel for new
> installs. In a few cases, mostly limited to Lenovo hardware, we found
> that some BIOS's would not boot from GPT. We blacklisted Lenovo, falling
> back to msdos labels in order to
On Feb 6, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>
> In anaconda-17.6 I have reverted the Lenovo blacklist and changed things
> so that pmbr_boot is always set on GPT labeled installs. This should
> ensure that thing boot correctly.
Is this happening only for Lenovo hardware? Or all hardware? I
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:47:58PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 22:44 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:53:53PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 04:04:30AM +0200, Lars Seipel wrote:
> > > > On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:47:58PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 22:44 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:53:53PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 04:04:30AM +0200, Lars Seipel wrote:
> > > > On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:
On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 22:44 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:53:53PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 04:04:30AM +0200, Lars Seipel wrote:
> > > On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:58:22 PM Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > > > On systems where 32-bit is XP is runn
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:53:53PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 04:04:30AM +0200, Lars Seipel wrote:
> > On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:58:22 PM Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > > On systems where 32-bit is XP is running, one by definition is running
> > > with a disk of 2 TB or
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 04:04:30AM +0200, Lars Seipel wrote:
> On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:58:22 PM Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > On systems where 32-bit is XP is running, one by definition is running
> > with a disk of 2 TB or less. Fedora installation must by default do
> > the right thing. We need
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Lars Seipel
wrote:
> btw, I just installed F16 on an EFI machine and got Grub Legacy. Are there any
> major problems with Grub 2's EFI support?
>From a brief conversation I had earlier this week, yes there are. The
plan is grub2 for BIOS based machines, grub for
On Friday, August 26, 2011 04:58:22 PM Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> On systems where 32-bit is XP is running, one by definition is running
> with a disk of 2 TB or less. Fedora installation must by default do
> the right thing. We need to agree on what that happens to be.
On systems with legacy operati
On Friday, August 26, 2011, 3:35:52 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:29:55PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
>>
>> Windows and GPT FAQ:
>>
>> Q. Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write,
>> and boot from GPT disks?
>>
>> A. Yes, all versions can use GP
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:29:55PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
>
> Windows and GPT FAQ:
>
> Q. Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write,
> and boot from GPT disks?
>
> A. Yes, all versions can use GPT partitioned disks for data.
>Booting is only supported for 64-bi
On 08/25/2011 08:11 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> To boot to a GPT disk from BIOS (rather than EFI) you need a BIOS boot
> partition. If you use one of the automatic partitioning methods, rather
> than manual partitioning, F16's installer will create one for you. If
> you choose manual partitioning
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 08:12:21PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 21:13 -0500, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 07:17:58PM -0500, David Lehman wrote:
> > >
> > > It's also true that if you create an msdos/mbr partition table on your
> > > disk prior to instal
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 21:13 -0500, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 07:17:58PM -0500, David Lehman wrote:
> >
> > It's also true that if you create an msdos/mbr partition table on your
> > disk prior to installation and then choose any option except for "Use
> > All Space" (or "clear
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 07:17:58PM -0500, David Lehman wrote:
>
> It's also true that if you create an msdos/mbr partition table on your
> disk prior to installation and then choose any option except for "Use
> All Space" (or "clearpart --all" in kickstart) anaconda will not destroy
> your existin
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 17:11 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:17 -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> > While installing Fedora 16 Alpha, I ran into some problems that turned
> > out to be caused by the installer formatting with a GPT rather than an
> > MBR partition table.
> >
> >
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:17 -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> While installing Fedora 16 Alpha, I ran into some problems that turned
> out to be caused by the installer formatting with a GPT rather than an
> MBR partition table.
>
> I would like to understand the change and its implications, and I hav
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