On 29-Jul-08, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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.
True. I think the strategy should be to put the hack/solution into parted that is most compatible with the boot procedures of operating systems (Linux, MacOS, Windows, BSD, ...). Then other tools could standardize on that. Regards, -- Olaf Dabrunz (od/odabrunz) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list parted-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel