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Bug#691046: Processed: severity of 691046 is normal



On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 02:05:24PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
>Hi Steve!
>
>On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:53:19 +0200, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>Is thus the following resume correct?
>
>1) BIOS booting and no EFI at all -> BIOS boot partition

Correct.

>2) BIOS or EFI booting -> BIOS boot partition useless if EFI partition
>                          (which IIRC has to be FAT)

Correct.

>3) EFI booting -> EFI partition

Correct.

>I clearly understand that partman can not be omniscient, which is why I
>think that we should document that on the installation-guide.

Yup, good plan. :-)

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray


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