[opensuse-autoinstall] GPT without EFI: HowTo?
Hello, I try to install a system with GPT and grub2 without EFI. AS far as I know I need some space for the grub2 stage2 at the first place of the harddisk with the ID "bios-boot" But how can I do this via autoyast? Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Systemadministration marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4-6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds@marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/9/19 10:03 AM, Daniel Spannbauer wrote:
Hello,
I try to install a system with GPT and grub2 without EFI. AS far as I know I need some space for the grub2 stage2 at the first place of the harddisk with the ID "bios-boot"
But how can I do this via autoyast?
Specify a partition with format=false (you don't want a filesystem) and partition_id=263 (AutoYaST value for bios-boot). https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-autoyast/#ay-par... Cheers. -- Ancor González Sosa YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
Am 10/9/19 um 10:15 AM schrieb Ancor Gonzalez Sosa:
But how can I do this via autoyast? Specify a partition with format=false (you don't want a filesystem) and partition_id=263 (AutoYaST value for bios-boot).
https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-autoyast/#ay-par...
Cheers.
Hello, first of all: thanks, I will try this. Where did you find the 263 for bios-boot? Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Systemadministration marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4-6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds@marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
Hi Daniel,
here is a xml snippet that I use for the purpose you describe:
<partitioning config:type="list">
<drive>
<device>/dev/sda</device>
<disklabel>gpt</disklabel>
<initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
Daniel Spannbauer
09.10.19 14:24 >>>
Am 10/9/19 um 10:15 AM schrieb Ancor Gonzalez Sosa:
But how can I do this via autoyast? Specify a partition with format=false (you don't want a filesystem) and partition_id=263 (AutoYaST value for bios-boot).
https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-autoyast/#ay-par...
Cheers.
Hello, first of all: thanks, I will try this. Where did you find the 263 for bios-boot? Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Systemadministration marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4-6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds@marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 14:24:17 +0200
Daniel Spannbauer
Am 10/9/19 um 10:15 AM schrieb Ancor Gonzalez Sosa:
But how can I do this via autoyast? Specify a partition with format=false (you don't want a filesystem) and partition_id=263 (AutoYaST value for bios-boot).
https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-autoyast/#ay-par...
Cheers.
Hello,
first of all: thanks, I will try this.
Where did you find the 263 for bios-boot?
Hi, value should be specified at https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-autoyast/#ay-par... but sadly, it is missing. So something we should improve. ( BTW we read value from source code ) Josef
Regards
Daniel
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On Oct 9, 2019, at 3:03 AM, Daniel Spannbauer
wrote: I try to install a system with GPT and grub2 without EFI. AS far as I know I need some space for the grub2 stage2 at the first place of the harddisk with the ID "bios-boot"
But how can I do this via autoyast?
In Leap 15.x and SLES 15, it defaults to GPT layout, even on BIOS-based systems (unless, of course, you use '<disklabel>msdos</disklabel>'). It will automatically create either an 8 MB BIOS boot partition (BIOS) or a 500 MB EFI system partition (UEFI), unless you explicitly define them. My profile only contains a root FS and swap partition, and the installer adds a BIOS boot partition or EFI system partition as needed. I did make an alternate EFI profile which defines a 16 MB ESP, just to save space on VMs, but I have never defined a BIOS boot partition. Note that this does not apply to SLES 12/Leap 42.x and earlier. To run those on UEFI, you need to define an ESP; in BIOS mode, they use msdos layout and no BIOS boot partition. Andrew Daugherity Systems Administrator II Division of Research, Texas A&M University-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
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Ancor Gonzalez Sosa
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Andrew Daugherity
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Daniel Spannbauer
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Frieder Schmidt
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Josef Reidinger