Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-29 Thread Mick
On Friday 29 Jul 2016 12:20:14 james wrote: > On 07/29/2016 09:27 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > > > > > > I > OK, so I have finally switch my posting to this email. Gmane.org is dead > for now (hence my delayed responses). > > [1] https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2016/07/28/the-end-of-gmane/ > > So in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-29 Thread james
On 07/29/2016 09:27 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > > > I OK, so I have finally switch my posting to this email. Gmane.org is dead for now (hence my delayed responses). [1] https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2016/07/28/the-end-of-gmane/ So in one thread, I'm going to post to variety of recent posts;

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-29 Thread R0b0t1
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:41 AM, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 28 Jul 2016 18:36:52 David Haller wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, James wrote: >> [..] >> >> Well, the best I found is this on the gdisk homepage: >> http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-28 Thread Mick
On Thursday 28 Jul 2016 18:36:52 David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, James wrote: > [..] > > Well, the best I found is this on the gdisk homepage: > http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html > > Basically, you shouldn't. The article tackles most aspects and > pitfalls. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-28 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, James wrote: [..] Well, the best I found is this on the gdisk homepage: http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html Basically, you shouldn't. The article tackles most aspects and pitfalls. [..] >Number Start End SizeType File system Flags > 1

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread James
Tom H gmail.com> writes: > > > I you're using GTP but want to stick to MBR, then you create 1MB > > > partition to hold the boot loader, then /boot and the rest. Hello, The idea is to be able to set up a batch of 2T+ disks now and in the future, all pretty much the same (generic) layout for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Artur Zych wrote: > 26 lip 2016 10:29 "Tom H" napisał(a): >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Artur Zych wrote: >>> >>> If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just create >>> one

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On 26 July 2016 10:29:08 CEST, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Artur Zych wrote: >>> >>> If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just create

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On 26 July 2016 10:29:08 CEST, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Artur Zych > wrote: > > > > If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just > create > > one efi partition (should be around 200-500mb (depends if you're > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Artur Zych
26 lip 2016 10:29 "Tom H" napisał(a): > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Artur Zych wrote: > > > > If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just create > > one efi partition (should be around 200-500mb (depends if you're > > planning

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Artur Zych wrote: > > If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just create > one efi partition (should be around 200-500mb (depends if you're > planning on using multiple systems on the same disk) - this will hold > .efi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-26 Thread Artur Zych
Hi, If you're using GPT disk and want to use uefi then you can just create one efi partition (should be around 200-500mb (depends if you're planning on using multiple systems on the same disk) - this will hold .efi files for all your systems as well as the bootloader. I you're using GTP but want

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On 25 July 2016 13:36:24 GMT-04:00, David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >Step 1: Use gdisk to create a 1M partition at the start of the disk. > >Step 2: Set its type to EF02 > > I think the EFI-partition should be 100MiB. > > -dnh >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-25 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: >Step 1: Use gdisk to create a 1M partition at the start of the disk. >Step 2: Set its type to EF02 I think the EFI-partition should be 100MiB. -dnh -- Like all software sucks, but by knowing how it works it is possible to make it suck in new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On 23 July 2016 04:29:50 CEST, James wrote: > R0b0t1 gmail.com> writes: > > > On Jul 22, 2016 5:43 PM, "Neil Bothwick" digimed.co.uk> > wrote: > > > I take it this is a limitation of Apple's firmware as I have set > up a > > > number of uUEFI systems and never had to

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR & GPT dual compliant format

2016-07-22 Thread James
R0b0t1 gmail.com> writes: > On Jul 22, 2016 5:43 PM, "Neil Bothwick" digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > I take it this is a limitation of Apple's firmware as I have set up a > > number of uUEFI systems and never had to do this. > It is. There is another document that talks in depth about the issue,