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

[Brian C. Lane]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 01:01:41PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 01/28/2012 12:00 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Like what?  The only thing that looks at the flag is the microsoft MBR boot code ( which you aren't using anyway with GPT ), and certain broken bioses that insist on there being some partition with the flag set.  Since basically every system out there has some partition with the boot flag set, ( and some bioses require it ) I can't see how it could possibly be a problem.
> 

We can't know for certain that there are not BIOS's that check to make
sure it isn't set. Since that is how the spec was written it is possible
that such a BIOS exists.

It would be alot easier to just set it, but then what do we do if we
find out that there are others expect it to be clear?

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