Bug 807349 – BIOS boot partition should not be used with combined GPT and EFI

Bug 807349 - BIOS boot partition should not be used with combined GPT and EFI

Summary:	BIOS boot partition should not be used with combined GPT and EFI

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	17
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

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Reported:	2012-03-27 11:06 EDT by John Reiser
Modified:	2013-05-07 19:08 EDT (History)
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Description John Reiser 2012-03-27 11:06:08 EDT

Description of problem: The BIOS boot partition (code EF02) should not be created nor used (for grub2 image) when booting with combined GPT and (U)EFI.  Instead, the file /EFI/redhat/grub.efi on the EFI System Partition contains everything that is needed.  Creating a BIOS boot partition wastes 1 of the 15 available partitions.  (15 partitions is a limitation of Linux, not the GPT.)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-17.14-1.fc17.x86_64


How reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. During install, then partition a GPT disk on a (U)EFI box.
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Actual results: The installer demands (and creates if necessary) a BIOS boot partition, code EF02 (revealed by gdisk), size 1 MiB, and puts an image of grub2 on it, and uses that image for booting.


Expected results: Do not demand or create a BIOS boot partition.  Instead use the /EFI/redhat/grub.efi on the EFI System Partition (code EF00).


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