Note to the powers that be: This was not mentioned in the official wiki when I was formatting. At least not that I saw. On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Chester Wisniewski <chetw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is unrelated to filesystem partitions. It is just a special area for > GRUB to store things. It doesnt have a mountpoint. Did you create that in > addition to your /, /boot and swap? > > Chester > > > On 02/16/14 13:23, Toyam Cox wrote: > >> 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
