How can I install OpenWrt x86 on a disk which is GPT formatted?

Looking at the installation guide here:- https://wiki.openwrt.org/inbox/doc/openwrt_x86 it looks as though the image is written to a device not a partition:- dd if=/mnt/openwrt-x86-generic-combined-squashfs.img of=/dev/sda so I presume it creates an MBR rather than GPT formatted disk...

[image] jow: Yep, currently there is no proper GPT disk support. I can install it but can't figure out the Grub menuentry to boot it correctly...

[image] jow: Yep, currently there is no proper GPT disk support. I would argue that for initial installation it wouldn't make a lot of sense to build "GPT images", especially since you would still need to manually (re)create the secondary GPT header at the end of the disk, at which point it b…

I've never used gdisk before until now, and maybe I didn't use it correctly but after rebooting the system stopped with a GRUB statement - not a prompt. It didn't get as far as a GRUB menu.

Looks like the installation guide has been updated, so time to see if progress can be made.... OpenWrt on x86 hardware (PC / VM / server) OpenWrt on x86 hardware (PC / VM / server) See also: OpenWrt on UEFI based x86 systems OpenWrt can run in normal PC, VM, or server hardware, and t…

Try to use openwrt-22.03.2-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img file.

Installing OpenWrt x86 on GPT disk

Installing and Using OpenWrt

jow July 20, 2018, 12:40pm 3

Yep, currently there is no proper GPT disk support.

[base > u-boot | feature request] enable GPT support

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