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

[Brian C. Lane]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:16:15PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> 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?

Because there may be some situations where users don't want the flag to
be set. And there is a small chance that having it set could cause
problems.

-- 
Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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