Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-05-05 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: >> On Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:57:23 BST Dale wrote: >> >>> I just got to figure out how to make it so I can login as root via ssh >>> again. I set PermitRootLogin to yes in ssh config but still refuses. I >>> did it on my NAS box but can't recall what else I had to

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:57:23 BST Dale wrote: > >> I just got to figure out how to make it so I can login as root via ssh >> again. I set PermitRootLogin to yes in ssh config but still refuses. I >> did it on my NAS box but can't recall what else I had to do. > Just checking

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 28 April 2024 13:57:23 BST Dale wrote: > I just got to figure out how to make it so I can login as root via ssh > again. I set PermitRootLogin to yes in ssh config but still refuses. I > did it on my NAS box but can't recall what else I had to do. Just checking the obvious, did you

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Dale
Mickaël Bucas wrote: > Hi > > Le sam. 27 avr. 2024 à 18:53, Dale a écrit : >> Howdy, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. > I was wondering how old this box could be and if it had a BIOS with > UEFI and GPT. > > I didn't find a precise date for BIOS, but Wikipedia[1] shows that the >

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 28 April 2024 06:24:09 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:53:25 BST Dale wrote: [snip ...] > >> I did some research but still find myself in some muddy > >> waters. My take on some things I've read, I need a boot partition, not > >> to be confused with

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-28 Thread Mickaël Bucas
Hi Le sam. 27 avr. 2024 à 18:53, Dale a écrit : > Howdy, > > I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. I was wondering how old this box could be and if it had a BIOS with UEFI and GPT. I didn't find a precise date for BIOS, but Wikipedia[1] shows that the first version of Windows for x64 that

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:53:25 BST Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. To be consistent I like to >> use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, >> regardless of size. > GPT is the partition table structure, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Wols Lists
On 27/04/2024 17:53, Dale wrote: Howdy, I'm installing Gentoo on another old box.  To be consistent I like to use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, regardless of size.  Thing is, Grub works differently with GPT than it does with the old DOS or whatever it is called,

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:53:25 BST Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. To be consistent I like to > use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, > regardless of size. GPT is the partition table structure, which is more advanced than the

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 9:53 AM Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > I'm installing Gentoo on another old box. To be consistent I like to > use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, > regardless of size. Thing is, Grub works differently with GPT than it > does with the old DOS or

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Wojciech Kuzyszyn
On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:53:25 -0500 Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm installing Gentoo on another old box.  To be consistent I like to > use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, > regardless of size.  Thing is, Grub works differently with GPT than it > does with the old DOS

[gentoo-user] Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing.

2024-04-27 Thread Dale
Howdy, I'm installing Gentoo on another old box.  To be consistent I like to use cgdisk, GPT I think it is called, to partition all my drives, regardless of size.  Thing is, Grub works differently with GPT than it does with the old DOS or whatever it is called, like fdisk does in the old days.  I