From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbs3v-0001Co-Rd for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:23:00 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbs3p-00017e-59 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:22:53 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbs3i-00011A-6U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:22:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43783 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbs3h-000113-KB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:22:45 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:37481) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbs3h-0001Yp-8x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:22:45 -0400 Received: from tschwinge by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MbrRm-0006yR-Dx; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:43:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:43:34 +0200 From: Thomas Schwinge To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org, grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20090814074333.GM26402@fencepost.gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GOzekVbrLdOLv44p" Content-Disposition: inline X-Homepage: http://www.thomas.schwinge.homeip.net/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Cc: Subject: Success report: GRUB2, LVM, GPT, AMD64, Debian Installer X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:22:54 -0000 --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hello! A short success report about using GRUB2 on a LVM-only system, with GPT instead of the usual MBR booting, on a AMD64 system, installed with the 20090531-7 Debian Installer. I had the DI create a GPT partition table, partitioned that into a small (1 MiB) GRUB booting partition (as suggested on , which I had found by pure chance), and used all the rest for a LVM PV. I created a VG, and root (ext3) and swap LVs. I Installed the system. For the bootloader to be installed, only LILO was offered, so I proceeded without installing that one, switched to a shell, did a ``chroot /target bash'', followed by ``apt-get install grub-pc'' to install GRUB2, and then ``grub-install /dev/sda''. This just worked. When I disabled the GRUB booting partition again (for testing this), I indeed got a ``can only use blocklists, which is bad'' warning, so I enabled it again. Booting this system also worked fine. To sum it up: using GRUB2 for booting a LVM-only system, with GPT instead of the usual MBR booting, on a AMD64 system, installed with the 20090531-7 Debian Installer does work, but currently needs manual installing. Regards, Thomas --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKhRWlsmqaiQAHQR4RAn20AJ9aSA+3XjyGlxxriPKMoy0cINP6CACfbElc vho/BWBOQOjYLgetDRkN/zg= =rDV8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GOzekVbrLdOLv44p--