Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-20 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> > > >> Hmm, do you have any idea whether the version of grub that you are using > >> has > >> proper support for RAID devices? setup-storage does some hackery in that > >> it sets > >> BOOT_DEVICE to the actual devices that make up the RAID device because > >> earlier > >> versions of grub had

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-20 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> Ok; it'll take me a few days to come up with a better solution (I don't >> think we >> can yet fully switch to grub-pc). Could you, in the meantime, just put some >> hack >> into your scripts to set BOOT_DEVICE to /dev/md0 to see which further errors >> we >> need to get fixed? >> >> Thanks

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-20 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Ok; it'll take me a few days to come up with a better solution (I don't think we can yet fully switch to grub-pc). Could you, in the meantime, just put some hack into your scripts to set BOOT_DEVICE to /dev/md0 to see which further errors we need to get fixed? Thanks, Michael for what i tested

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-18 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> Hmm, do you have any idea whether the version of grub that you are using has >> proper support for RAID devices? setup-storage does some hackery in that it >> sets >> BOOT_DEVICE to the actual devices that make up the RAID device because >> earlier >> versions of grub had no idea about RAID

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-18 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Hmm, do you have any idea whether the version of grub that you are using has proper support for RAID devices? setup-storage does some hackery in that it sets BOOT_DEVICE to the actual devices that make up the RAID device because earlier versions of grub had no idea about RAID and LVM. I think, n

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-18 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> That one should be fixed in 3.2.18+experimental4 which is just about to be >> built >> and uploaded, but please be ready for more errors... >> >> Thanks a lot for testing all the stuff, >> Michael >> >> > this one worked for me with one issue only: in grub_pc the following > line fails f

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-18 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
That one should be fixed in 3.2.18+experimental4 which is just about to be built and uploaded, but please be ready for more errors... Thanks a lot for testing all the stuff, Michael this one worked for me with one issue only: in grub_pc the following line fails for mdx as it says: grub

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-17 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> Sorry for the late reply; using disklabel:gpt-bios should finally work with >> 3.2.18+experimental3, at least the problem in the parser has been fixed :-) >> >> Best, >> Michael >> >> > i just tested it fails here: > > sh-3.2# parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel gpt-bios > > parted: invalid token: g

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-17 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Sorry for the late reply; using disklabel:gpt-bios should finally work with 3.2.18+experimental3, at least the problem in the parser has been fixed :-) Best, Michael i just tested it fails here: sh-3.2# parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel gpt-bios parted: invalid token: gpt-bios Error: Expecting

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Stephan Hermann
Hi, On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:05:35 +0100 Jean Spirat wrote: > hum in fact i am unable to make it work even with dos partitions...Is > this an issue with this version ? The last time I played with GPT partition labels, there was no way to tell grub to boot from gpt labeled partitions...I wonder

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> hum in fact i am unable to make it work even with dos partitions...Is > this an issue with this version ? > Sorry for the late reply; using disklabel:gpt-bios should finally work with 3.2.18+experimental3, at least the problem in the parser has been fixed :-) Best, Michael pgp37mGts27pm.pg

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-11 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
hum in fact i am unable to make it work even with dos partitions...Is this an issue with this version ? regards, Jean.

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-11 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Jean Spirat a écrit : For now, I've only added the gpt-bios stuff. Could you please try 3.2.18+experimental2? Thanks, Michael then i tried this: disk_config /dev/sdadisklabel:gpt-bios primary - 500 - - primary sw

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-11 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
For now, I've only added the gpt-bios stuff. Could you please try 3.2.18+experimental2? Thanks, Michael ii fai-client 3.2.18+experimental2 Fully Automatic Installation client package ii fai-doc

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-03-05 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> >> Most probably, this is currently _not_ the case (assuming you want the >> BIOS-style version and not EFI). I guess a simple "parted print" should help >> you >> verify this. If the partition is set to bios_grub, you are fine; if it has >> the >> flag "boot", it's an EFI boot volume. I thi

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-02-26 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Most probably, this is currently _not_ the case (assuming you want the BIOS-style version and not EFI). I guess a simple "parted print" should help you verify this. If the partition is set to bios_grub, you are fine; if it has the flag "boot", it's an EFI boot volume. I think this will best be

Re: gpt disk label and /boot

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> Hi, > > I have some issue with gpt and grub and i just wanted to know if the > setup-storage configure the /boot with the gui > 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649 (so that grub can use it). I do not > know how to verify this at all some i am kind of lost :) > Most probably, this is curre

gpt disk label and /boot

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Jean Spirat
Hi, I have some issue with gpt and grub and i just wanted to know if the setup-storage configure the /boot with the gui 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649 (so that grub can use it). I do not know how to verify this at all some i am kind of lost :) of course things get complicated when the