Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:08:53 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@freebsd.org> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFR: backup GPT header support in pmbr and loader(8) (Re: Handbook mirroring section) Message-ID: <CABzXLYPzgBmxGUMhbMSSa7Qxoo4pC4t8%2Bv1t_v6=9HMyP4LGmQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FD9D4DF.9090609@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FCF3021.5070802@FreeBSD.org> <20120606.200735.1551208261335301113.hrs@allbsd.org> <4FD05573.70801@FreeBSD.org> <20120610.224813.710171778841273502.hrs@allbsd.org> <4FD9D4DF.9090609@FreeBSD.org>
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2012/6/14 Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@freebsd.org>: > Also, our PMBR image doesn't contain any partition entries and > writing it to the disk with dd(1) makes the system unbootable. > What you think if we will add one partition entry to the PMBR image? > I modified your patch (the last hunk added) and it is attached. Isn't it gpart(8)'s job to write the proper boot code from the pmbr image without damaging the partition table ? ie. "gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0" instead of using dd. -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."
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