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Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system.

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> I'd expect that Grub won't be able to reliably work with that setup -
> partition 3 goes past the 2TB mark, so the BIOS won't be able to map
> it properly. Don't forget, when grub is reading the disk all it can
> rely on are BIOS calls. Add yourself a small-ish /boot partition first
> and you may be OK.
> 

Thanks, indeed this was the problem - after adding a boot partition
the HDD now boots on BIOS-only machines. Unfortunately, it does not
boot on UEFI machines. Seems that I have to start experimenting with
hybrid UEFI+BIOS boot...

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Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Daniel Fishman <quantera@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 19:30 +0100
  Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Daniel Fishman <quantera@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 20:10 +0100
    Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2018-11-22 20:40 +0100
      Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Daniel Fishman <quantera@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 21:40 +0100
  Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2018-11-22 20:10 +0100
  Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-11-22 20:30 +0100
    Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Daniel Fishman <quantera@gmail.com> - 2018-11-22 21:30 +0100
      Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-23 07:40 +0100
        Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-11-23 09:20 +0100
          Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-23 21:10 +0100
    Re: Unable to boot BIOS/GPT system. Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-11-23 00:10 +0100

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