Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:50:14 GMT From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/120990: [patch] support "BIOS Boot" partition type in gpt(8) Message-ID: <201011151550.oAFFoEfh080497@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/120990; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org, rmh@winomega.com, ae@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/120990: [patch] support "BIOS Boot" partition type in gpt(8) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:46:47 +0200 on 15/11/2010 17:11 Andrey V. Elsukov said the following: > On 15.11.2010 16:57, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> >> I think there is no reason not add support for this kind of partition. >> >> Robert, >> BTW, just in case, you can create any type of partition using its GUID with gpart. >> >> Andrey, >> what do you think? > > 1. This patch is for deprecated now gpt(8). Oh, I didn't notice that, sorry. > 2. Without corresponding support in pmbr and boot code it > will be only cosmetic change. I think that it would still be useful when using an alternative boot-chain. I think that this request comes from Debian GNU/kFreeBSD project, which does use different boot blocks. -- Andriy Gapon
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