[Nix-dev] install on a gpt based disk

[Roelof Wobben]

Mathijs Kwik schreef op 5-4-2014 19:34:
> I'm running from/on GPT just fine. Is it a UEFI-based system or BIOS?
> For BIOS systems, you need to put a special small 1Mb partition on it
> for grub to boot. Like this (gdisk output, partition 1):
>
> Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
>     1            2048            4095   1024.0 KiB  EF02  BIOS boot partition
>     2            4096           10239   3.0 MiB     A585  keychain
>     3           10240         1050623   508.0 MiB   8300  Boot Partition
>     4         1050624      5860533134   2.7 TiB     8E00  pv3tba
>
> Of course you can also just repartition to an oldschool bios-style disk
> by using fdisk, but I personally prefer GPT even on non-uefi systems
> because of the partition labels and getting rid of "extended partition"
> hacks.
>

Thanks,

I will try this .

Roelof