On 3/21/2012 12:17 AM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
I think we should leave it alone. I don't think we should be offering to modify the disk when we're probing for the disk partition. The PMBR isn't broken, it has been removed. I think the chances of a PMBR being corrupted are much smaller than the chances of someone using old tools to reformat a GPT disk.
If the PMBR has been removed intentionally, then the invalid GPT should also be removed. If it isn't, then users trying to run gparted, or the debian/ubuntu installer, or other old users of libparted will still be trying to use the incorrect GPT.
