I already created everything else, including a /boot right there..... On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Chester Wisniewski <chetw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Toyam, > > You need to create a special partition to install GRUB2 on GPT without > UEFI. See the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/ > index.php/GRUB#GUID_Partition_Table_.28GPT.29_specific_instructions > > Create a 1 MB partition, mark it type ef02 (in gdisk) and do not format > it. When you run grub-install it will then copy some image files there > required for GPT booting when UEFI isn't present. The wiki walks you > through the details, don't worry about the 1007KB part and errors about > partition alignment, just make a 1 meg partition right at the front of the > disk and it will work fine. > > Chester > > > On 02/16/14 13:06, Toyam Cox wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> I mostly use Gentoo but I'm installing Arch on my laptop, so hello! >> >> I'm installing GRUB, an I'm getting an error: >> grub-install: waring: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot >> Partition; embedding won't be possible. >> Then Grub refuses to go ahead with blocklists. >> >> Any thoughts? It isn't a UEFI computer... it's a netbook. >> >> Thank you! >> >> > -- - Toyam
