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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2016-07-10 22:42:43 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2016-07-10 22:42:43 +0000
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reacts to commands. The first reaction to swapping should be to check for
an unreasonable command such as trying to edit a five gigabyte file. If
swapping becomes a normal occurrence, the best solution is to purchase more
- RAM for your system.</para> </sect3>
+ RAM for your system.</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
+ <title>The Grub Bios Partition</title>
+
+ <para>If the <emphasis>boot disk</emphasis> has been partitioned with a
+ GUID Partition Table (GPT), then a small, typically 1 MB, partition must be
+ created if it does not already exist. This partition is not formatted, but
+ must be available for GRUB to to use during installation of the boot
+ loader. This partition will normally be labeled 'BIOS Boot' if using
+ <command>fdisk</command> or have a code of <emphasis>EF02</emphasis> if
+ using <command>gdisk</command>.</para>
+
+ <note><para>The Grub Bios partition must be on the drive that the BIOS
+ uses to boot the system. This is not necessarily the same drive where the
+ LFS root partition is located. Disks on a system may use different
+ partition table types. The requirment for this partition depends
+ only on the partition table type of the boot disk.</para></note>
+ </sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Convenience Partitions</title>