[parted-devel] [PATCH] GPT -> MBR synchronization

[H. Peter Anvin]

Olaf Dabrunz wrote:
> On 29-Jul-08, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> For now it's the only solution that came to my mind that didn't require 
>> anyone to change existing toolchains or behavior. As soon as you use a GPT 
>> you'd get the MBR entries "for free". And the "the active partition is 
>> within the first four partitions" restriction was there with MBR already, 
>> so I believe it's acceptable for most users - at least until we  go all 
>> EFI.
> 
> Also, with your approach the bootloader does not need to support GPT¹) in
> order to support multiboot (think GRUB 0.x and 1.x, which are still
> around alot).
> 
> ¹) Blocklists would work though, but this is obviously not an
> alternative for GRUB.

Yes... for bootloaders that aren't partition table agnostic.

	-hpa