On 07/18/2012 12:46 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:40 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> I am planning a test install using the new arch-install-scripts via the >> latest netinstall images from releng (from today's date). >> >> I know that for a system where I blow away all previous disc partitions and >> partition from scratch I can create a 2MiB partition (using MBR and NOT GPT >> partitioning) before the first formatted partition on the HD and install >> grub2 during the base install. However can someone please tell me >> explicitly if, for a system with only BIOS (no UEFI at all), and no GPT >> partitioning but just plain old MBR partitioning - is the recommended 2MiB >> post-MBR gap still a "requirement" for that specific situation for grub2 to >> work? I use grub2 with msdos partitioning and no gap.
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