On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 02:47:08PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >Ah, the hybrid MBR-GPT. An horrible hack, if you ask me...
>
> Perhaps, it's the closest thing there is to a standard; certainly the
> only multi-OS standard in existence. Your thing is so far apart from a
> multi-anything standard that can be; I would recommend relabelling the
> proposed UUID "Grub 2" (since that's what it is, no more, no less), and
> use the standard methods for setting the partition type UUID.
>
> At least that way the space is managed (reserved for Grub 2) and nothing
> else.
There's nothing GRUB-specific in it. Sure, it's not the "multi-OS" solution
you want, but:
- We *already* have a multi-OS solution on it; that is, that the bootloader
lets user chainload into an arbitrary partition. I know you don't like it,
but it in fact the same solution the majority of GNU/Linux installs
implement today on DOS labels.
- It is generic enough that any bootloader implementor can choose to use it
as a storage area.
--
Robert Millan
<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
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