Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote:
2) Am I correct that boot loaders use their code on this area after
the primary GPT and before the first partition?
No.
Bootloaders store their code in a special bios_grub partition (type
EF02) when using the CSM/BIOS boot mode or inside a EFI System
partion
Sven,
I see. Thanks! Are those bios_grub or EFI system partitions
located inside the GPT scheme, i.e. inside the first ~16KiB of the
disk and it is not seen with gdisk? In addition, if this small area
after the last partition is also for alignment purposes, then where is
the backup GPT stored?
Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote:
I see. Thanks! Are those bios_grub or EFI system partitions
located inside the GPT scheme, i.e. inside the first ~16KiB of the
disk and it is not seen with gdisk? In addition, if this small area
after the last partition is also for alignment purposes, then
Sven,
for some reason, I do not see those partitions with gdisk:
http://i.imgur.com/4BlDQx7.jpg On the other hand, I'm also using older
version(0.8.5 vs 0.8.8) of gdisk than you.. Or is there some other
reason?
In addition, while your gdisk output says that you have 0B of free
space, then I have
Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote:
for some reason, I do not see those partitions with gdisk:
http://i.imgur.com/4BlDQx7.jpg On the other hand, I'm also using older
version(0.8.5 vs 0.8.8) of gdisk than you.. Or is there some other
reason?
No. If gdisk does not show any special boot
Hi,
DebianInstaller shows FREE SPACE before the first partition and
after the last partition if GPT scheme is used:
http://i.imgur.com/qjNrdAx.jpg While there is nothing wrong with that
as there is indeed some free space before the first partition and
after the last
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