Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
Thomas Neumann wrote: setup-storage will create a new partition and mark it and the location of this 'boot'-partition is at the beginning of the disk, but the partition index is the next after the last defined partition, e.g.: disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt-bios primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - will result in 1) sda3 - biosboot 2) sda1 - / 3) sda2 - swap Yes this is mostly a cosmetical issue. I can understand why it has been done this way. Still don't like 'out of order' partitioning. There's a workaround to achieve 'ordered' partitions. disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt primary - 1M- - primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - However you _must_ set the required flag manually after the partitioning has been done and before grub is being installed. Well this is not at all a cosmetical issue as far my problems are concerned. So I have to ask which programm ist doing the paetitioning. And why it is not possible to manage it with a personal decission, wether to do automatic paritioning or do it manually. I´d like do have all clients trying netboot and if there's no server using their normal installation. And if there is a fai-server, making it possible to do fai boot but no pationing or do it on the other side. So, partitioning is not at all just a cosmetical issue. Sorry for dissenting :-) Arpad
Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 09:24:43 AM Soos Arpad wrote: Well this is not at all a cosmetical issue as far my problems are concerned. Sorry, but I fail to see the connection. I'm going to answer you further comments step-by-step. So I have to ask which programm ist doing the paetitioning. 'setup-storage', but normally you don't have any direct contact with that. Configuration is done via config space/disk_config/classname and performed by the 'partition' task. And why it is not possible to manage it with a personal decission, wether to do automatic paritioning or do it manually. You can. automatic: disklabel:gpt-bios manual: disklabel:gpt However 'gpt-bios' will result in a 'out-of-order' partition naming, like described in my previous post. I´d like do have all clients trying netboot and if there's no server using their normal installation. ??? This has absolutely nothing to do with this thread. And if there is a fai-server, making it possible to do fai boot but no pationing or do it on the other side. I don't understand. FAI isn't very useful if you netboot into a FAI-client but don't perform some kind of partitioning. ('Keep reuse all existing partitions' is a special case, but it is also handled via the partitioning task.) So, partitioning is not at all just a cosmetical issue. I was referring only to the 'out-of-order' issue. This was not a general comment. Maybe that's where the misunderstanding comes from? bye thomas
Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
On 03/19/2013 11:16 AM, andrew bezella wrote: unless this has changed in fai4, you would want to use disklabel:gpt-bios instead of gpt. the necessary bios_grub partition should then be created automatically. That's what I need to know. Thank you.
Re: Creating GPT BIOS partition with FAI 4.0.6
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 07:16:38 PM andrew bezella wrote: On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 10:59 -0700, Bob Apodaca wrote: disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt bootable:1 fstabkey:uuid unless this has changed in fai4, you would want to use disklabel:gpt-bios instead of gpt. the necessary bios_grub partition should then be created automatically. Yes this works. (But I don't like how it works.) setup-storage will create a new partition and mark it and the location of this 'boot'-partition is at the beginning of the disk, but the partition index is the next after the last defined partition, e.g.: disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt-bios primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - will result in 1) sda3 - biosboot 2) sda1 - / 3) sda2 - swap Yes this is mostly a cosmetical issue. I can understand why it has been done this way. Still don't like 'out of order' partitioning. There's a workaround to achieve 'ordered' partitions. disk_config disk1 disklabel:gpt primary - 1M- - primary / 200M ext3 rw,errors=panic primary - 400M swap - However you _must_ set the required flag manually after the partitioning has been done and before grub is being installed. @Bob: The reason why 'primary - 8 bios_grub' does not work is that setup-storage only provides 'filesystem creation'- and 'filesystem mount'-options. But this is not a filesystem issue. The required flag belongs to the partition layer. bye thomas