[parted-devel] GPT-MBR hybrid
Matt Davis
mattdavis9 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 23 22:23:43 UTC 2007
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:16:21PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Is there any sane way to support GPT-MBR hybrid partitioning in parted?
> This is required for booting on BIOS-based machines (the standard MBR
> handover protocol doesn't really work for GPT), but GPT is needed to
> support > 2 TB.
>
> At least /boot should be in the MBR; some "other OSes" may need their
> boot partition MBR-side as well.
hpa,
While I do not have an answer for you, I have been working, in my free time, to
try to allow Parted to convert from one partition table type to another, such as
gpt to mbr, or vice versa.
-Matt
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