Does Fedora's inst.gpt command exist in other distros?
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I have recently found this inst.gpt boot flag in Fedora useful as it allows me to say up a GPT drive on a non-UEFI BIOS system, does it also exist in a different form on other distros?
If not would it be hard to include or add as a new feature?
To add some detail, I have looked for a similar boot flag on all the major distros I know about (except Gentoo and Arch) and I couldn't find it.
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I have recently found this inst.gpt boot flag in Fedora useful as it allows me to say up a GPT drive on a non-UEFI BIOS system, does it also exist in a different form on other distros?
If not would it be hard to include or add as a new feature?
To add some detail, I have looked for a similar boot flag on all the major distros I know about (except Gentoo and Arch) and I couldn't find it.
fedora boot gpt
asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
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No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
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Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" oref02will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.
– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44
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I have recently found this inst.gpt boot flag in Fedora useful as it allows me to say up a GPT drive on a non-UEFI BIOS system, does it also exist in a different form on other distros?
If not would it be hard to include or add as a new feature?
To add some detail, I have looked for a similar boot flag on all the major distros I know about (except Gentoo and Arch) and I couldn't find it.
fedora boot gpt
asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
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I have recently found this inst.gpt boot flag in Fedora useful as it allows me to say up a GPT drive on a non-UEFI BIOS system, does it also exist in a different form on other distros?
If not would it be hard to include or add as a new feature?
To add some detail, I have looked for a similar boot flag on all the major distros I know about (except Gentoo and Arch) and I couldn't find it.
fedora boot gpt
asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
165117
asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
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asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
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asked Nov 5 '17 at 22:09
warsong
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No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
1
Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" oref02will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.
– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44
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No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
1
Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" oref02will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.
– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44
No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
1
1
Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" or
ef02 will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44
Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" or
ef02 will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44
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This directive is Anaconda2 (an installer) specific. That means that it is available on Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora.
Yes you could add the directive to other installers but that would require you to build your own custom version of an installer.
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This directive is Anaconda2 (an installer) specific. That means that it is available on Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora.
Yes you could add the directive to other installers but that would require you to build your own custom version of an installer.
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This directive is Anaconda2 (an installer) specific. That means that it is available on Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora.
Yes you could add the directive to other installers but that would require you to build your own custom version of an installer.
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This directive is Anaconda2 (an installer) specific. That means that it is available on Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora.
Yes you could add the directive to other installers but that would require you to build your own custom version of an installer.
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This directive is Anaconda2 (an installer) specific. That means that it is available on Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora.
Yes you could add the directive to other installers but that would require you to build your own custom version of an installer.
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No need for special boot flags, Linux doesn't use them. It's always possible to install in BIOS mode with GPT drives with a small partition added. Windows has that limitiation, not any major Linux distro.
– user252181
Nov 5 '17 at 22:46
Do you mean installing manually or by using the automated partitioning setup tool? If it's the latter, could you point me to what steps I should take as simply adding an EFI partition and then letting the installer handle the rest would work for me?
– warsong
Nov 6 '17 at 7:00
1
Making a 2MiB partition at the start of the drive, with partition type set to "BIOS Boot Partition" or
ef02will make GPT disks boot on non-EFI systems.– Mioriin
Nov 8 '17 at 6:44