Note that you might not have to depend on gdisk. On a GPT disk, fdisk will choke like this:
root@scapa:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sda: 180.0 GB, 180045766656 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 21889 cylinders, total 351651888 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 351651887 175825943+ ee GPT So it can be used (although not so cleanly) to detect what to do. I'm not sure extlinux-install should die in such a situation. It could just install a gptmbr.bin instead (although it would need to have the correct file installed as well, or depend on syslinux-common). Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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