GPT Partitioning

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Support

  1. booting and utilising GPT-partitioned disks is supported by the kernel & core utilities
    • many distributions, particularly smalller ones, do not implement this support by default
      • a pointer to lack of support is that the live-CD boots & runs normally, but the installer finds no suitable HDD

Pre-Requisites

Bootloader

either

  1. GPT-aware bootloader
    • patched GRUB >= 0.97
    • GRUB 2
    • elilo
  2. second boot device
    • CD/DVD
    • USB
    • MBR HDD

Kernel & Utilities

  1. the bootloader, wherever located, must then boot an operating system, that is GPT-aware

Rpeters10:27, 8 September 2012 (EST)