On 2022-11-04 12:05, David T-G wrote:
Dennis, et al --
...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.
BtrFS / and some swap. I confirmed that the grub it selected was GRUB2 (not "with EFI"). I went back to the partitioner and deleted the /boot slice and got the usual
The system might not be able to boot:
Of course.
A partition of type BIOS Boot Partition is needed to install the bootloader. It will not be possible to install the bootloader.
error.
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. 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. I will not explain why, because DG just explained it... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)