Re: Problem installing GRUB2 on a 2.1TB system

[Marco Gerards <mgerards@xs4all.nl>]

Poe Chen <poe.poechen@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> [root@colossus ~]# mount
> /dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> /dev/sda4 on /home type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)

Hm, it should be able to detect ext3, weird.  I will test grub-probefs
some day. :-)

> And you are right about boot sector with EFI GPT.  I'm having a hard time to
> get GRUB2 boot even after I install GRUB2 "successfully" on the disk (a
> different system though).  If I've ever run parted again, it will recover
> the "corrupted" partition table, GRUB2 is gone....

This is what actually should happen.  Either parted or the BIOS
notices the partition table was destroyed and recovers it.

> So is there any plan to support EFI in GRUB2 at all?  =)

Yes, I think so. :)

--
Marco