[ale] Origins of Linux, do we care?

[DJPfulio at jdpfu.com (DJ-Pfulio)]

On 09/20/2015 09:34 AM, James Sumners wrote:
> On Sunday, September 20, 2015, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pbcartwright at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>  tried installing void in a VM on my desktop.. install went ok, after I
>> figured out the partitioning, but at the very end I got an error message
>> that it couldn't install grub, so when I rebooted the vm, no OS.. bummer..
>>
>>
> It gives a rather clear warning about what is required. If you're booting
> under old BIOS conditions then it's just "install to /dev/sda" and you're
> done. But if you're using GPT, then it's a bit more involved. You have to
> make sure your boot partition is aligned to a 4KB block and it must
> included another FAT32 formatted partition for the boot OS mounted to
> /boot/efi.
> 
> https://github.com/voidlinux/documentation/wiki/Installer-Partitioning
> 
>  

Sounds like they have assumed UEFI + GPT like Windows. That is NOT a
requirement.  GPT doesn't need UEFI to boot.  I have 2 systems with
legacy BIOS and they boot from GPT disks just fine.