Anaconda is forcing GPT on non-EFI BIOS

[David Cantrell]

On 08/02/2011 02:52 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote:
> On 08/02/2011 07:45 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote:
>> On 08/02/2011 07:36 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I noticed when I tried to install F16 Alpha TC1 on a new guest ie:
>>> without any existing partition table that Anaconda is forcing GPT
>>> instead of msdos even on a classic BIOS (non EFI)
>>>
>>> Any idea why ?
>>>
>>
>> Maybe it's related to:
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GUID_Partition_Table
>>
>
> I found some good info here:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694808
>

Correct.  There's no forcing by us, your hardware forced us to use GPT 
because of the size of its disk.

If you have a UEFI-capable system, I suggest using it in UEFI mode.

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David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
Supervisor, Installer Engineering Team
Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT