On Jan 18, 8:18pm, "Jonathan A. Kollasch" wrote: } } This is a multi-part message in MIME format. } } --_----------=_1421612287110410 } Content-Disposition: inline } Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit } Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" } } Module Name: src } Committed By: jakllsch } Date: Sun Jan 18 20:18:07 UTC 2015 } } Modified Files: } src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib: biosdisk.c } } Log Message: } While the old gpt.S mbr code looks at both primary and alternate GPT } partition tables, mbrgpt.S and DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT only look in the } primary. Align the bootxx/boot2 biosdisk code with this so as to avoid } situations where the disk becomes unbootable when it has an undestroyed } secondary GPT.
Wouldn't it have been better to go the opposite way and have everything check for a secondary GPT? Now, a disk becomes unbootable if only the primary GPT is damaged, making the backup semi-pointless. }-- End of excerpt from "Jonathan A. Kollasch"