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

[Olaf Dabrunz]

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.

Regards,

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