Hi folks! :-) After a successful installation of F16 on my machine with (of course) custom partition layout, I decided to read the F16 release notes. ;-) And there I found this passage: <quote> Starting in Fedora 16, on non-EFI x86 (32 and 64 bit) systems, anaconda will default to creating GPT disklabels (partition tables) instead of MSDOS disklabels. On these systems, when booting from a GPT-labelled disk, it is strongly recommended (not necessarily required in all cases, depending on the system's BIOS/firmware) to create a small (1MiB) BIOS boot partition. This partition will be used by the bootloader (GRUB2) for storage. Automatic partitioning will create the partition when appropriate, but users who choose custom partitioning will have to create this partition for themselves. This BIOS boot partition is only necessary on non-EFI x86 systems whose boot device is a GPT-labelled disk. </quote> Given that I haven't bothered to read this prior to the installation, I didn't create the bios boot partition when I customized my partition layout. :-) Now, I gather from the text above that the boot partition is necessary only for "non-EFI" systems with a "GPT-labelled" disk. What does this mean? How can I check whether my system is EFI or no, and whether the disk is using GPT labels or not? Furthermore, my system appears to boot without problems without the bios boot partition, but is it possible that I may experience trouble later down the road? Just how *necessary* is that partition, and do I really need one? Best, :-) Marko P.S. If it matters, the installation was performed from a KDE Live CD/USB, 64bit. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
