>2TB/GPT: Must warn if BIOS boot partition is missing (unbootable system!)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
partman-base (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: partman-base
(Ubuntu karmic, alternate install CD)
If you manually partition a large disk (2TB or more), a GUID partition table (GPT) will automatically (and silently) be used.
This means that you *have to* create a BIOS boot partition ( http://
There *really* should be a warning about a missing BIOS boot partiton (just like there is a warning about the missing swap partition, which is far less important).
This will bite a lot of people as disks > 2TB become standard.
Screenshot of "Fatal error" when "configuring grub-pc": http://
Screenshot of error messages on VT3: http://
Jul 6 01:34:43 grub-installer: grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!
Jul 6 01:34:43 grub-installer: grub-setup: error: Embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.
description: | updated |
Changed in partman-base (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in partman-base (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
This is happening with lucid 64bit server as well. should I create a new bug report for this (as lucid is LTS I reckon it is quite important RAID 1 installs should be possible), or just leave it as this?