From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2E2-0005n3-CT for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:26:14 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Dz-0005kC-Uk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:26:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Du-0005gF-QL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:26:11 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43230 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Du-0005g7-Kg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:26:06 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:35329 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Ds-0007Ze-QL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:26:05 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Do-0005UQ-E4; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:26:00 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Dn-0008QS-GX; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:25:59 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:25:59 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090817132559.GD32551@thorin> References: <20090814074333.GM26402@fencepost.gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090814074333.GM26402@fencepost.gnu.org> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 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: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:26:12 -0000 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:43:34AM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > 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), Hi Thomas, Glad everything's working fine for you. We try our best to explain why blocklists are problematic, why embedding is the preferred setup, and why embedding on GPT is not possible without the BBP as a dedicated partition. If you think this could be better explained, suggestions are welcome. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."