Re: Parted 3.1 on Samsung XE700T

[Rod Smith]

On 11/14/2012 12:01 PM, address@hidden wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use parted to create a GPT partition table on the Samsung
> XE700T slate. On this specific device, after I do so and reboot, the device
> always enters the BIOS setup and never lets me actually boot. I'm using
> Parted 3.1 and I have set the pmbr_boot flag (which didn't help). This is
> working fine on other devices, it's just this one Samsung tablet which is
> giving me trouble.
>
> Has anyone encountered a problem like this or have any advice on
> root-causing this?

Some BIOSes have problems booting from GPT disks. This can usually be 
worked around in one way or another. The most common fix is to set the 
"boot" flag on the protective MBR's 0xEE protective partition. To do 
this, you must use Linux's fdisk or a similar MBR-only tool, *NOT* 
parted (parted will just modify the GPT data structures). For additional 
information and workarounds, see:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html

If the device is recent, it's possible that the "BIOS" is actually UEFI, 
in which case configuring the device to boot in EFI mode would be 
another option. For this to work you might need to wipe the BIOS boot 
code from the MBR and you'll almost certainly have to create an EFI 
System Partition (ESP).

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Rod Smith
address@hidden
http://www.rodsbooks.com