{"id":503,"date":"2012-05-25T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T09:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2013-10-09T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T10:52:10","slug":"how-to-mount-a-partition-on-a-disk-that-has-an-efi-gpt-partition-table-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"How to mount a partition on a disk that has an EFI GPT partition table in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to mount a partition from a large disk (above 1TB) that has an EFI GPT partition table instead of the conventional MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table. A large disk means a hard drive that is 1 Terabyte or more. EFI stands for Extensible Firmware Interface. GPT is short for Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/?attachment_id=906\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme.png\" data-orig-size=\"400,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme-218x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-906\" alt=\"GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme.png 400w, https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GUID_Partition_Table_Scheme-300x412.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Step)<br \/>\nCheck the kernel was compiled with EFI support. The standard kernel with Ubuntu\/Debian\/CentOS\u00a0 5+ comes with EFI support built-in<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">cat \/boot\/config-2.6.26-2-686 | grep EFI<\/pre>\n<p>(Change the version number with yours in \/boot\/config-*)<br \/>\nif the kernel was compiled with EFI support if you get these lines:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">CONFIG_EFI=y\r\nCONFIG_FB_EFI=y\r\nCONFIG_EFI_VARS=m\r\nCONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y<\/pre>\n<p>Then type<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">fdisk -l<\/pre>\n<p>(to check the device name in \/dev)<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">fdisk -l \/dev\/sda<\/pre>\n<p>(if the device is at sda, replace with the one you saw when you typed fdisk -l)<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">parted \/dev\/sda print<\/pre>\n<p>Ok we got the filesystem with the above command, now lets mount it!<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash\">mkdir \/mnt\/test\r\nmount -t ext3 \/dev\/sda2 \/mnt\/test<\/pre>\n<p>(if the file system is ext3, it will be displayed when you type &#8220;parted \/dev\/sda print&#8221;, if device is at \/dev\/sda)<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; How to mount a partition from a large disk (above 1TB) that has an EFI GPT partition table instead of the conventional MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table. A large disk means a hard drive that is 1 Terabyte or more. EFI stands for Extensible Firmware Interface. 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