On 17 aug. 2011, at 21:54, Tom Horsley <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, when installing f16 alpha (the RC just released today) on > a KVM virtual machine from the 64 bit DVD iso image, I did > a normal custom partitioning with a swap and a ext4 / > partition on a branch new qcow2 20G disk image. > > When it reached the partitioning stage, I got a popup > with this message: > > You are using a GPT bootdisk on a non-EFI system without a > BIOS boot partition. This may not work, depending on your > BIOS's support for booting from GPT disks. > > Absolutely no one here has a clue what any of this means :-). > > P.S. I continued the install to see what would happen and > the KVM console says "Booting from hard disk..." and sits > there like a lump at that point. > I've seen this before when booting the fedora DVD on my Mac using the legacy boot loader instead of the EFI one. Does your system support EFI? Jurgen -- test mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
