After much reading in all kinds of places I came across https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#BIOS.2BAC8-GPT_Notes which uses a lot of cryptic lingo. I created another partition just like I was told, I also set the bios_grub flag for it. I even tried this for the /boot partition. It's all still the same. This needs to be better documented and the error message needs to get better. It seems that grub does not like fat, ntfs, btrfs or ext[234] whenever it thinks it needs to embed something. The set of the remaining filesystem choices from gparted in that case is [], the empty set. So, once again, what does this code from hell want me to do again? If booting from GPT on a non-EFI BIOS is not supported at all, then simply say so, but do it in clear terms. Yikes, why do I even need to bother with all of these terms I couldn't care less about?
BTW, I am not a total newbie, look at my profile if you like. In any case, Ubuntu should be more user-friendly even IF I was a newbie. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095142 Title: GRUB2 installation with GPT partition table unclear To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1095142/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
