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add lenovo GPT warning

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Tobias Powalowski 2012-04-22 20:38:54 +02:00
parent 04792068d9
commit 80a95db88c
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
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usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_net
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@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ build ()
add_file "/usr/share/archboot/net/etc/iproute2/rt_realms" "/etc/iproute2/rt_realms"
add_file "/usr/share/archboot/net/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes" "/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes"
add_file "/usr/share/archboot/net/etc/iproute2/rt_tables" "/etc/iproute2/rt_tables"
# add dnssec-anchors
add_file "/etc/trusted-key.key"
# add dhclient support
add_file "/sbin/dhclient-script"
add_dir "/var/lib/dhclient"
@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ build ()
add_file "/usr/share/licenses/openssh/LICENCE"
add_file "/usr/share/licenses/openssl/LICENSE"
add_file "/usr/share/licenses/sqlite/license.txt"
add_file "/usr/share/licenses/dnssec-anchors/LICENSE"
}
help ()

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usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
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@ -855,8 +855,10 @@ set_device_name_scheme() {
# set GUID (gpt) usage
set_guid() {
## Lenono BIOS-GPT issues - Arch Forum - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131149 , https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=133330 , https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138958
## Lenono BIOS-GPT issues - in Fedora - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735733, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749325 , http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=ae74cebff312327ce2d9b5ac3be5dbe22e791f09
GUIDPARAMETER=""
DIALOG --defaultno --yesno "Do you want to use GUID Partition Table (GPT)?\n\nIt is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. Although it forms a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard (replacement for the PC BIOS firmware), it is also used on some BIOS systems because of the limitations of MBR aka msdos partition tables, which restrict maximum disk size to 2 TiB.\n\nWindows XP and earlier Windows systems cannot (without hacks) read or write to drives formatted with a GUID partition table, however, Vista and Windows 7 and later versions include the capability to use GPT for non-boot aka data disks (only UEFI systems can boot Windows from GPT disks).\n\nAttention:\n- Please check if your other operating systems have GPT support!\n- Use this option for a GRUB2 setup, which should support LVM, RAID etc.,\n which doesn't fit into the usual 30k MS-DOS post-MBR gap." 0 0 && GUIDPARAMETER="yes"
DIALOG --defaultno --yesno "Do you want to use GUID Partition Table (GPT)?\n\nIt is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. Although it forms a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard (replacement for the PC BIOS firmware), it is also used on some BIOS systems because of the limitations of MBR aka msdos partition tables, which restrict maximum disk size to 2 TiB.\n\nWindows XP and earlier Windows systems cannot (without hacks) read or write to drives formatted with a GUID partition table, however, Vista and Windows 7 and later versions include the capability to use GPT for non-boot aka data disks (only UEFI systems can boot Windows from GPT disks).\n\nAttention:\n- Please check if your other operating systems have GPT support!\n- Use this option for a GRUB2 setup, which should support LVM, RAID etc.,\n which doesn't fit into the usual 30k MS-DOS post-MBR gap.\nNOTE: BIOS-GPT boot may not work in some Lenovo systems (irrespective of the bootloader used). " 0 0 && GUIDPARAMETER="yes"
}
# Get a list of available disks for use in the "Available disks" dialogs. This
@ -1940,7 +1942,7 @@ check_gpt() {
## For UEFI systems force gpt conversion
sgdisk --mbrtogpt ${DISC} > ${LOG} && GUID_DETECTED="1"
else
DIALOG --defaultno --yesno "Setup detected no GUID (gpt) partition table on ${DISC}.\nDo you want to convert the existing MBR table in ${DISC} to a GUID (gpt) partition table?" 0 0 || return 1
DIALOG --defaultno --yesno "Setup detected no GUID (gpt) partition table on ${DISC}.\nDo you want to convert the existing MBR table in ${DISC} to a GUID (gpt) partition table?\nNOTE: BIOS-GPT boot may not work in some Lenovo systems (irrespective of the bootloader used). " 0 0 || return 1
sgdisk --mbrtogpt ${DISC} > ${LOG} && GUID_DETECTED="1"
fi
fi