Ok. Thanks Petr. So, that means parted gives preference to gpt over mbr on a hybrid mbr table ?
thanks, rahul --- On Tue, 6/9/11, Petr Uzel <petr.u...@suse.cz> wrote: > From: Petr Uzel <petr.u...@suse.cz> > Subject: Re: Does libparted suport Hybrid MBR > To: "rahul dev" <rahul_dev_...@yahoo.co.in> > Cc: bug-parted@gnu.org > Date: Tuesday, 6 September, 2011, 1:20 PM > Hi, > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 08:09:34AM +0530, rahul dev wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Just want to know if there is support for > hybrid MBR in libparted? > > No, 'vanilla' (lib)parted does not support writing hybrid > MBRs. However, > at least Ubuntu and openSUSE have patches to add some basic > support > for hybrid MBR. > > > How would libparted interpret a hybrid > MBR partition table ? > > Hybrid MBR is in no way standardized and so various tools > create > different hybrid MBRs for the same set of GPT partitions. > If I create > hybrid MBR using openSUSE's patched parted and then run > 'vanilla' > parted on it, it recognizes it as GPT without any problems. > However, > if I create new GPT partition with vanilla parted, it > overwrites > hybrid MBR and creates non-hybridized protective MBR > instead. > > For fine control over how the hybrid MBR is created, I > suggest to use > GPT fdisk tool: > > http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/index.html > > BTW this is worth reading: > > http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html > > HTH, > > > Petr > > -- > Petr Uzel > IRC: ptr_uzl @ freenode > _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
