[parted-devel] [PATCH] GPT & BIOS Boot partition

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 03:57:03PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Is there any specification for this?
> 
> This seems like a specific boot GUID, but is there any documentation as 
> to handover protocols, cross-OS support, etc; or is this a "Grub2-only 
> standard"?

GRUB goes its own way, just like on DOS labels, and extends this with info
about which drive contains /boot/grub/, etc.  Otherwise, it can work the same
as on "standard" MBRs for DOS labels (same entry point, etc).

You might be interested in:

  http://aybabtu.com/mbr-gpt/

So, setting the "boot_bios" flag on GPT is essentially the same thing as
setting the "bootable" flag on a DOS label.

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Robert Millan

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