On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:13:25 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: > First attempt at a GPT/UEFI install. Instructions in the Handbook say > that for a UEFI system, prepare the disk as; > Partition Filesystem Size Description > /dev/sda1 (bootloader) 2M BIOS boot partition > /dev/sda2 ext2 (or vfat) 128M Boot partition > <snip>
The BIOS boot partition is needed when using GPT *without* UEFI. For EFI, the first partition should be the ESP, formatted using FAT. You can also use this as /boot, and have to if you aren't using GRUB. For example, this laptop has % sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Disk /dev/sda: 500118192 sectors, 238.5 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 26850F58-B4C1-48A7-BE0A-715BB53DDD0B Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 500118158 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 2099199 1024.0 MiB EF00 EFI System 2 2099200 483340287 229.5 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 483340288 500118158 8.0 GiB 8200 Linux swap -- Neil Bothwick Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again
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