Re: GRUB testers on SPARC needed

On 03/02/2018 10:27 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> On x86, it will automatically use GPT if the machine is booted in EFI mode. >> On sparc64, we would normally just switch to GPT if the machine supports GPT. > > I understand. Then it's safe to just use the subarch to select how GRUB2 > should be

Re: GRUB testers on SPARC needed

On 03/02/2018 10:10 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Well, debian-installer normally does not allow you to choose the partition table type. I remember I had a problem - which must be due to that behaviour in hindsight - when I used a GPT partitioned disk from an rx2620 in a rp3440.

Re: GRUB testers on SPARC needed

> On Mar 2, 2018, at 9:53 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > I don't think we can rely on the subarch value in this case, but have to > determine the actual partitioning scheme (available in `bootfslabel` when > running `grub-installer` or via `partmap `) to select the

Re: GRUB testers on SPARC needed

Hi Adrian, On 02/27/2018 11:42 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 02/26/2018 05:55 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: Thanks for the upload. The new version works like version 2.02-2+sparc64.3 for me. Frank, if you like, you can help improving grub-installer for sparc64. Sure! :-) I had a first