From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>
To: Util-Linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: fdisk request for functionality (or info)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 11:57:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <59D3C162.4050005@gmail.com> (raw)
I have been having a problem with fdisk on old computers.
What I am doing is installing Debian, but dropping to the command line and
creating a GPT manually because Debian seems to want to always create a
msdos partition table.
After creating the GPT and partitioning, the install proceeds normally,
but upon reboot the old bios tells me "No bootable disk".
I can fix this by going into rescue mode and setting the pmbr_boot flag
using parted.
My question is whether this can be done in fdisk. If not, can it be added?
I did try going into expert mode and selecting "toggle the legacy BIOS
bootable flag", but does not seem to work. I did not see any change to
the boot sector when using 'd: print the raw data of the first sector from
the device'.
Advice appreciated.
-- Bruce Dubbs
next reply other threads:[~2017-10-03 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-03 16:57 Bruce Dubbs [this message]
2017-10-04 8:27 ` fdisk request for functionality (or info) Karel Zak
2017-10-04 8:59 ` Peter Cordes
2017-10-04 9:47 ` Karel Zak
2017-11-02 12:52 ` Karel Zak
2017-10-04 14:41 ` Bruce Dubbs
2017-10-05 10:59 ` Karel Zak
2017-10-05 16:04 ` Bruce Dubbs
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