Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:21:25 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: another gpt vs mbr (sanity) check Message-ID: <252BDE43-6021-486A-B4BD-E003F4B07B1A@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4B958210.70108@icyb.net.ua> References: <E1Noh4B-000JjD-5u@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <3158041B-8E00-4A87-8172-741C0AE57131@mac.com> <4B954367.3070804@icyb.net.ua> <FB4B329E-807F-4A47-A86B-AE3BC049A6DC@mac.com> <4B9544B3.80203@icyb.net.ua> <03BFAAEC-6C59-48EF-BED9-2E68ED03E2B6@mac.com> <4B956533.2010900@icyb.net.ua> <D90F9986-8BD1-46C8-995B-C79D9821B496@mac.com> <4B958210.70108@icyb.net.ua>
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On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> >> In short, Apple bootcamp creates an invalid PMBR according to their >> own technote. > > It's not only the technote, it's the GPT spec itself. Actually, no. The spec clearly states that LBA 0 contains a protective MBR for the GPT format (UEFI 2.0, paragraph 5.3.1 on page 90). Paragraph 5.2 just the background information so that there's something to refer to... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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