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====== Installing Slackware Using GPT with a BIOS motherboard ====== | ====== Installing Slackware Using GPT with a BIOS motherboard ====== | ||
- | It is possible to install Slackware to a disk that uses a GUID Partition Table (GPT), even on a machine that uses BIOS (i.e. you do not need a UEFI-based machine). Using GPT allows you to install Slackware onto very large disk drives (the theoretical maximum addressable disk size is 2 ZiB). As always, partitioning should be done prior to starting the 'install' script, however you must use a GPT aware partitioning tool, e.g. gdisk, cgdisk or parted (all of which are included with Slackware). The main sections below explain how to setup various popular boot loaders. | + | It is possible to install Slackware to a disk that uses a GUID Partition Table (GPT), even on a machine that uses BIOS (i.e. you do not need a UEFI-based machine). Using GPT allows you to install Slackware onto very large disk drives (the theoretical maximum addressable disk size is 2 ZiB). As always, partitioning should be done prior to starting the 'setup' script, however you must use a GPT aware partitioning tool, e.g. gdisk, cgdisk or parted (all of which are included with Slackware). The main sections below explain how to setup various popular boot loaders. |
==== LILO ==== | ==== LILO ==== | ||
- | Skip the bootloader (LILO) section during install (LILO works but as of Slackware 14.1, liloconfig | + | LILO should just work. However some people have reported issues with liloconfig |
- | <note warning> | + | <note warning> |
==== Grub 2 ==== | ==== Grub 2 ==== | ||
- | If you want to use Grub 2, make sure you have a 'BIOS boot partition' | + | If you want to use Grub 2, make sure you have a 'BIOS boot partition' |
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==== Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation ==== | ==== Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation ==== |