On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 01:37:24PM +0100, Carsten Aulbert wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to partition a machine with the following disk configuration: > > disk_config /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600050e0f065*[A-Z0-9_][A-Z0-9_][A-Z0-9_] > fstabkey:uuid disklabel:gpt-bios bootable:1 > > primary /boot 256 ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro > primary / 10000 ext3 rw > primary swap 8192 swap sw > primary /var 20000 xfs rw > primary /opt 50000 xfs rw > primary /tmp 2048 xfs rw > primary /local 1000- xfs rw > > all seems fine, but GRUB won't start after the reboot as is not able to reach > the gpt-bios "partition": > > GNU Parted 2.3 > Using /dev/sdb > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) p > Model: AMCC 9690SA-4I DISK (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdb: 3000GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: gpt > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > 1 32.3kB 268MB 268MB ext2 primary boot
32.3KB - does this mean "63 sectors"? AFAIK a GPT needs 34 sectors, both at the beginning and the end of the disk... > 2 268MB 10.8GB 10.5GB ext3 primary > 3 10.8GB 19.3GB 8590MB linux-swap(v1) primary > 4 19.3GB 40.3GB 21.0GB xfs primary > 5 40.3GB 92.7GB 52.4GB xfs primary > 6 92.7GB 94.9GB 2147MB xfs primary > 7 94.9GB 3000GB 2905GB xfs primary > 8 3000GB 3000GB 123kB primary bios_grub > > as this one is beyond the 2TB "border"... > > Is there a nice way to "reserve" this partition right at the beginning? What about splitting the large volume into two at the raid controller level, and having a "normal" boot partition (and a "normal" grub installation at the beginning of a small-sized volume)? S