From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:22:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87v9x3yyyh.fsf@netris.org> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <87muif24xv.fsf@netris.org> <87v9x3wqdd.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33647) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJT-0007Q8-Th for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJT-0007vY-0v for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJS-0007uC-RN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJS-0007ct-Jm for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87v9x3wqdd.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:59:10 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Mark H Weaver wrote: >> FWIW, I used this partition layout for years, including on Guix >> systems, >> and it worked fine. > > Impossible, sorry. In fact, it _is_ possible, if you use an MBR partition table. I assumed that znavko was using MBR, but having now finally looked at the provided screen image, I see now that they're using GPT. I agree that in this case, a BIOS boot partition is required. I should have looked more closely before responding, sorry. Best, Mark