neysx 09/01/09 18:12:12
Modified: gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml
gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml
Log:
Bootable flag needs to be on.
We all thought it was a thing of the past...
My brand new intel itx motherboard with dual-code atom 330 will not boot HD
if flag is not on :-(
Revision Changes Path
1.23 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml
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diff :
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml?r1=1.22&r2=1.23
Index: gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml
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retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.22 -r1.23
--- gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml 16 Jun 2008 00:58:54 -0000
1.22
+++ gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml 9 Jan 2009 18:12:12 -0000
1.23
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml,v
1.22 2008/06/16 00:58:54 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml,v
1.23 2009/01/09 18:12:12 neysx Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml" lang="en">
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>12</version>
-<date>2008-01-01</date>
+<version>13</version>
+<date>2009-01-09</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
<pre caption="Create the partitions">
livecd ~ # <i>fdisk /dev/sda</i>
-<comment>(Make sure you use type fd)</comment>
+<comment>(Make sure you use type fd and set the bootable flag)</comment>
<comment>(The rest of this guide uses the following partitioning
scheme)</comment>
livecd ~ # <i>fdisk -l /dev/sda</i>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
-/dev/sda1 1 11 88326 fd Linux raid autodetect
+/dev/sda1 * 1 11 88326 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2 12 61 401625 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 62 311 2008125 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda4 312 36471 290455200 fd Linux raid autodetect
1.82 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml
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Index: gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml
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retrieving revision 1.81
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diff -u -r1.81 -r1.82
--- gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml 2 May 2008 08:04:22 -0000 1.81
+++ gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml 9 Jan 2009 18:12:12 -0000 1.82
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml,v 1.81
2008/05/02 08:04:22 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml,v 1.82
2009/01/09 18:12:12 neysx Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>22</version>
-<date>2008-05-02</date>
+<version>23</version>
+<date>2009-01-09</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@
<p>
Use <c>fdisk</c> or <c>cfdisk</c> to create your partition layout. You need at
least a swap partition (type 82) and one Linux partition (type 83). The
-following scenario creates a <path>/boot</path>, a swap and a main partition
-as used in our handbook. Replace <path>sda</path> with your disk.
+following scenario creates a <path>/boot</path>, a swap and a main partition as
+used in our handbook. Replace <path>sda</path> with your disk. Most systems
+ignore the bootable flag, but a few need it. Set this flag on your boot
+partition with fdisk's <c>a</c> command.
</p>
<pre caption="Create the partitions">
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
-/dev/sda1 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
+/dev/sda1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 13 110 787185 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 111 72943 585031072+ 83 Linux
</pre>
