Alexander Graf wrote: > Hi, > > pretty much since Macs started a hybrid GPT/MBR approach there were > several attempts to get to a solution on using GPT on BIOS-based > computers. Unfortunately up to today I know of none that actually made > it somewhere except for the manual Mac syncing approach. > > So my approach is trying to go the easiest way I could think of: always > sync. Instead of writing a fake MBR, when this code is enabled, it tries > to construct primary MBR entries from the first partitions it finds in > the GPT. This means, that as long as the partition we want to boot from > is within the first four partitions, everything will be fine. > > This enables a user that is aware of this restriction to have a fully > working hybrid GPT/MBR setup, enabling him to boot without much > intervention on an Intel Mac and with disks >2TB. >
I would think a better idea would be to sync the active (bootable) partition. Assuming it is the first 3 (or 4) partitions seems a bit of a lose. -hpa _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list parted-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel