[parted-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add ability to set GPT PMBR boot flag

[Phillip Susi]

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On 01/27/2012 07:59 PM, bcl at redhat.com wrote:
> Some BIOS systems refuse to boot from GPT disks unless the boot flag
> of the PMBR has been set. Matthew Garrett has written a patch to add
> a disk_set command and a legacy_boot flag for the disk. I have added
> display of the disk flags using a new output line, like so:

Why add a flag?  Why not just set the boot flag in the PMBR unconditionally?


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