[install-guide] more on 1MB BIOS boot partition - BZ#704244

Jack Reed jjr at fedoraproject.org
Tue Feb 28 02:47:50 UTC 2012


commit b341868c2aaf03e2c71f88323f41a41925879ea1
Author: Jack Reed <jreed at redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 28 12:47:11 2012 +1000

    more on 1MB BIOS boot partition - BZ#704244

 en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml          |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 en-US/Create_Storage-x86.xml            |    2 --
 en-US/Important_BIOS_boot_partition.xml |   12 ------------
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml b/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
index 1a2d313..28e26a2 100644
--- a/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
+++ b/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,33 @@
 			</para>
 
 		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+			<para>
+				If you are creating a custom partition layout on a non-EFI x86 system, you are strongly advised to create a separate, 1MB BIOS boot partition. This is only recommended on the disk you are installing the bootloader on and if any of the following conditions apply:
+			</para>
+			
+			      <itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+				    <para>
+					The disk contains a GPT partition table.
+				    </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+				    <para>
+					The installer has already initialized the disk for you.
+				    </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+				     <para>
+					You selected <guilabel>Use All Space</guilabel> in the Disk Partitioning Setup.
+				    </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist> 
+				
+			<para>
+				This boot partition will be used by the GRUB boot loader for storage.
+			</para>
+		</listitem>
 
 	</itemizedlist>
 	 <para>
diff --git a/en-US/Create_Storage-x86.xml b/en-US/Create_Storage-x86.xml
index 5524471..4bd25d3 100644
--- a/en-US/Create_Storage-x86.xml
+++ b/en-US/Create_Storage-x86.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 <section id="Create_Storage-x86">
 	<xi:include href="Create_Storage-common-title-1.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
 	 <!--  Create Storage  --> 
-	  <xi:include href="Important_BIOS_boot_partition.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
-	 <!--  Important — non-EFI x86 systems need a BIOS boot partition --> 
 	 <xi:include href="Create_Storage-common-para-1.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
 	 <!--  The Create Storage dialog allows you to create new storage partitions  --> <xi:include href="Create_Storage-common-figure-1.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
 	 <!--  Creating Storage  --> <xi:include href="Create_Storage-common-para-2.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />


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