Bug#691046: Processed: severity of 691046 is normal
Luca wrote:
>
>tags 691046 + patch
>thanks
>
>Hi there!
>
>On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:33:09 +0200, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org:
>>
>>> severity 691046 normal
>> Bug #691046 [installation-reports] installation-reports: manual
>> partitioning for GPT does not suggest a BIOS Boot Partition
>> Severity set to 'normal' from 'critical'
>
>I do not understand this: the bug is at least 'important' and I decided
>to report it as 'critical' because it "makes unrelated software on the
>system (or the whole system) break".
>
>If you think partman is fine and does not to be fixed, as I wrote at
>least the installation guide should have a note, here is a patch:
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>Index: partman.xml
>===================================================================
>--- partman.xml (revision 68290)
>+++ partman.xml (working copy)
>@@ -408,6 +408,14 @@
> forget to mount the root filesystem, <command>partman</command> won't
> let you continue until you correct this issue.
>
>+</para>
>+<warning arch="amd64;i386"><para>
>+<!-- BTS: #691046 -->
>+
>+If you use a disk with a GPT partition table and plan to use GRUB2 as
>+the bootloader, you need to create a <emphasis>BIOS Boot
>+Partition</emphasis> of 1MB to embed GRUB2.
>+
> </para><para arch="ia64">
>
> If you forget to select and format an EFI boot partition,
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Hey Luca,
Be aware, GPT does *not* always need a BIOS boot partition - if you're
booting via EFI you don't need that at all.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could
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