F17 bootloader error
David Lehman
dlehman at redhat.com
Wed Feb 15 23:51:48 UTC 2012
On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 11:41 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> When trying to do test install against F17Alpha TC2, during partition
> layout, I get error below...
>
> "you have not created a bootloader stage1 target device"
>
> I have F16 installed on here, and even reformatted the disks to GPT
> before I installed F16. So using same partitions as installed like I
> always do should just work. So hoping this a install issue and not a
> "me" issue LOL.
If you are using a GPT disklabel on a BIOS/non-EFI system with grub2 you
will need a "BIOS Boot" partition of 1MB, preferably as the first
partition on the disk. This error message sucks -- I know. It will
hopefully be a bit clearer in time for beta.
Dave
>
>
> Below are links to the error and my partition layout (the top harddrive
> is Win 7)
>
> Error...
>
> http://miketc.net/bootloader.jpg
>
> Partition Layout...
>
> http://miketc.net/partitions.jpg
>
>
> --
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
>
> "Best little town on Earth!"
>
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