Carlos, et al -- ...and then Carlos E. R. said... % On 2022-11-04 12:05, David T-G wrote: % > % > ...and then David T-G home said... % > % % > % ...and then DennisG said... % > % % % > ... % > % % % > % % So to get a working system on your /dev/sde, all that is needed is to % > % % set the BIOS to not use UEFI (which apparently you have done), instruct % > % % the installer to use grub2 (not grub2-efi), have the installer format % > % % the entire disk, and then partition however you wish. I don't recall at % > % % > % Ah! That's one step that I have also left out; because the installer % > % makes some very non-valid assumptions, I always partition before I get % > % in. I'll disconnect everything else in the box so that it can't get % > % carried away and try an install where I drive through the tool rather % > % than directly on the disk. % > [snip] % > % > I unplugged the world, leaving just the 256G SSD (now sda) and the 16G % > install thumb drive (now sdb). I also wiped the SSD partition table with % > 20M of /dev/zero for a fresh start. % > % > I let the partitioner plan its setup, with no mirroring or anything fancy; % > it planned a GPT table and it included an 8M sda1 as /boot along with a % % No. That is not /boot. I've just gone back in again, and I see that. Of course, I am still VERY confused at how this davidtg@jpo:~> sudo parted /dev/sda p free Model: ATA SAMSUNG MZ7LN128 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 128GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: pmbr_boot Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 17.4kB 1049kB 1031kB Free Space 1 1049kB 35.4GB 35.4GB linux-swap(v1) jpo-swap swap 2 35.4GB 69.8GB 34.4GB xfs jposuse 3 69.8GB 104GB 34.4GB xfs jpoalt legacy_boot 4 104GB 128GB 23.9GB xfs jpo-ssd can boot, and nobody seems to have any answers, and I'm sure not smart enough to have pulled off any magic, but at least it isn't the /boot that I [am pretty sure I] saw in other passes. % ... % > % > So how can I have % > % > - GPT % > - non-EFI % > - no /boot partition % % It is not /boot. Just let the install system put that partition, which is % not /boot, it knows it is needed and you don't. _HE_ is right. Yep. I meant to ask how I can have - GPT - non-EFI - no boot partition like I show above. [Next comes mirroring, but one step at a time...] % % You can change, if you wish, the btrfs to ext4 if you wish, xfs for /home... % that's ok. But leave that 8 M partition alone, you really need it. Yes, I've been unable to get around it on this new install. I've created sda128 in that first 8M and am now trying a basic install, having made it past the point of complaint. Stay tuned ... Thanks again & HAND/QTBD :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt