On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 6:56 AM Peter Boy <pboy(a)uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> Am 14.05.2022 um 18:45 schrieb Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com>:
>
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GPTforBIOSbyDefault
>
> This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
> process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
> community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
> by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
>
> == Summary ==
> This Change makes it so that Fedora Linux systems installed on legacy
> x86 BIOS systems will get GPT partitioning by default instead of
> legacy MBR partitioning. This makes x86 BIOS installs more similar to
> x86 UEFI installs.
>
> == Owner ==
> * Name: [[User:Ngompa| Neal Gompa]], [[User:Dcavalca| Davide
> Cavalca]], [[User:Salimma| Michel Alexandre Salim]],
> [[User:Chrismurphy| Chris Murphy]]
> * Email: ngompa13(a)gmail.com, dcavalca(a)fb.com, michel(a)michel-slm.name,
> chrismurphy(a)fedoraproject.org
>
>
> == Detailed Description ==
> Once implemented, Anaconda will create a GPT disk table on
> non-partitioned disks or when the disk is being completely reset when
> Fedora x86 install/live media is booted in BIOS mode.
Fedora Server WG discussed the proposal and insists that the proposal be deferred until
Anaconda can install software raid on biosboot systems with GPT (see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2088113 and
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/server@lists.fedoraproject....)
- at least for Fedora Server where software raid is a common use.
What's the basis for holding up this feature though? Yes it's a bug,
but it wouldn't be a release blocking bug because there's no release
criteria covering degraded boot. And on UEFI we already have this
problem because multiple ESPs aren't created or populated (sync'd). I
think it's a worthwhile use case to improve the current behavior so
that it works, but I don't think it's OK to hold up a release
indefinitely while insisting other people do the work required to
bring such functionality to Fedora.
--
Chris Murphy