[parted-devel] GPT-MBR hybrid
Matt Davis
mattdavis9 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 23 22:34:52 UTC 2007
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 02:27:57PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Matt Davis wrote:
> >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.
> >
>
> Well, the hybrid is really another partitioning scheme, in many ways.
> It's a little different than either.
Yep, I am not familiar with that. However, I did notice the opportunity to keep
people up-to-date with what is going on regarding similar issue.
-Matt
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