Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 16:15 +0800, He Rui wrote: > It's probably by design as I looked up the anaconda/changes page[1] and > found two features related: > > * x86 uses GPT disklabels by default on all machines, even non-EFI. > * If a GPT boot disk is used on a non-EFI machine, a warning will be > displayed. > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Changes ah, interesting - previous discussion in the thread suggested it was a bug, but I guess it's a feature...=) -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
It's probably by design as I looked up the anaconda/changes page[1] and found two features related: * x86 uses GPT disklabels by default on all machines, even non-EFI. * If a GPT boot disk is used on a non-EFI machine, a warning will be displayed. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Changes Hurry On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 00:54 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 21:05 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > > On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > > > On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > > >> On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > > >>> On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > > Hello, > > > > >> > > >> I found some good info here: > > >> > > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 > > >> > > > > > > Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT > > > because of the size of its disk. > > > > > > If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. > > > > > > > Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk > > If you didn't already, can you file a bug on this? Seems a blogger hit > the same thing, and has been confused into thinking GPT is default for > Fedora 16: > http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/08/08/feature-preview-of-fedora-16-installer/ > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora > http://www.happyassassin.net > -- Contacts Hurry FAS Name: Rhe Timezone: UTC+8 TEL: 86-010-62608141 IRC nick: rhe #fedora-qa #fedora-zh -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 21:05 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > > On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > >> On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > >>> On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > Hello, > > >> > >> I found some good info here: > >> > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 > >> > > > > Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT > > because of the size of its disk. > > > > If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. > > > > Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk If you didn't already, can you file a bug on this? Seems a blogger hit the same thing, and has been confused into thinking GPT is default for Fedora 16: http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/08/08/feature-preview-of-fedora-16-installer/ -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 09:05 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > On 08/02/2011 04:05 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: >>> On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> Hello, >> I found some good info here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 >>> >>> Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT >>> because of the size of its disk. >>> >>> If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. >>> >> >> Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk >> > > That definitely sounds suspicious. > Also when I tried to add BIOS boot partition (seems to be required to be able to boot on non-EFI bios), Anaconda crashed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727688 -- Athmane Madjoudj -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 22:05, David Cantrell wrote: > On 08/02/2011 04:05 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: >>> On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> Hello, >> I found some good info here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 >>> >>> Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT >>> because of the size of its disk. >>> >>> If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. >>> >> >> Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk >> > > That definitely sounds suspicious. I was also forced to a GPT in a non-virtual system with a disk that is much smaller than 2TB (don't know the exact size right now, can look that up tomorrow CEST if it matters). -- red -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 04:05 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >>> On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > Hello, > >>> >>> I found some good info here: >>> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 >>> >> >> Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT >> because of the size of its disk. >> >> If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. >> > > Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk > That definitely sounds suspicious. -- David Cantrell Supervisor, Installer Engineering Team Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 08:52 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >>> On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: Hello, >> >> I found some good info here: >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 >> > > Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT > because of the size of its disk. > > If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. > Weird because it was a KVM guest with 32G disk -- Athmane Madjoudj -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I noticed when I tried to install F16 Alpha TC1 on a new guest ie: >>> without any existing partition table that Anaconda is forcing GPT >>> instead of msdos even on a classic BIOS (non EFI) >>> >>> Any idea why ? >>> >> >> Maybe it's related to: >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GUID_Partition_Table >> > > I found some good info here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 > Correct. There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT because of the size of its disk. If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode. -- David Cantrell Supervisor, Installer Engineering Team Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I noticed when I tried to install F16 Alpha TC1 on a new guest ie: >> without any existing partition table that Anaconda is forcing GPT >> instead of msdos even on a classic BIOS (non EFI) >> >> Any idea why ? >> > > Maybe it's related to: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GUID_Partition_Table > I found some good info here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808 -- Athmane Madjoudj -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed when I tried to install F16 Alpha TC1 on a new guest ie: > without any existing partition table that Anaconda is forcing GPT > instead of msdos even on a classic BIOS (non EFI) > > Any idea why ? > Maybe it's related to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GUID_Partition_Table -- Athmane Madjoudj -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS
Hello, I noticed when I tried to install F16 Alpha TC1 on a new guest ie: without any existing partition table that Anaconda is forcing GPT instead of msdos even on a classic BIOS (non EFI) Any idea why ? Thanks. -- Athmane Madjoudj -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
