making new HDD ready for GPT/UEFI install
by SaintDanBert from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55CJ5)
Can someone point out a link to the HOWTO for preparing a brand-new-to-me
HDD using GUID/GPT partition table and whatever special and magic partitions?
Once configured, I want to use this HDD for a fresh-install of a Linux distro.
If you know the answers and know that they work, are you willing to share
what you know with me and others?
I know there is a BIOS Boot Partition, a core.img file comes from somewhere, a folder /boot/efi -- does it need its own partition -- and a /boot partition.
I think that all of these are small in size.
QUESTION: Do these need to be on disk in a special location -- low number LBA etc -- and in some special order? Are there others?
QUESTION: Is it better to make these with gparted outside of the
linux installer?
QUESTION: Do I need to do anything else? Do I need to load these with
any files or will the installer handle all of that?
QUESTION: Have modern installers got to the point that they will do all of the correct configuration?
Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan
HDD using GUID/GPT partition table and whatever special and magic partitions?
Once configured, I want to use this HDD for a fresh-install of a Linux distro.
If you know the answers and know that they work, are you willing to share
what you know with me and others?
I know there is a BIOS Boot Partition, a core.img file comes from somewhere, a folder /boot/efi -- does it need its own partition -- and a /boot partition.
I think that all of these are small in size.
QUESTION: Do these need to be on disk in a special location -- low number LBA etc -- and in some special order? Are there others?
QUESTION: Is it better to make these with gparted outside of the
linux installer?
QUESTION: Do I need to do anything else? Do I need to load these with
any files or will the installer handle all of that?
QUESTION: Have modern installers got to the point that they will do all of the correct configuration?
Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan