[parted-devel] Rename boot flag in GPT to uefisys (WAS: Need for a unique Linux GPT GUID type code)

[Keshav P R]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 14:51, Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> wrote:
> Keshav P R wrote:
>>     Status of Rod's patch?
>
> It breaks one of the "make check" tests, and I suggested how to fix that.
> It did not update NEWS or documentation, and it did not add any
> test case of its own.
>
>> I suggest a similar "linuxdata" flag to set a partitoon as Linux Data
>> type irrespective of the unserlyting FS. I also recommend changing
>> "boot" flag in parted for GPT disk to
>> something more meaningful like "uefisys". Many devs (of distro
>> installers) are confused as to how to set a partition as EFI SYSTEM
>> type in GPT disks and they do not know that "boot" in GPT disks sets a
>> partition as UEFISYS unlike the same flag in MBR disks.
>

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746895

> Please give an example of precisely what you would like to change,
> and how.  If you are proposing to change only the input side of the UI,
> (i.e., neither libparted, nor the output of parted) then adding an
> alias might work.
>

I want to change the behaviour of the boot flag in GPT disks, or
eliminate the boot flag in GPT altogether, and replace it with uefisys
or a similar terminology, or alteast have uefisys as an extra flag for
setting UEFI SYSTEM type code, independent of "boot" flag. The uefisys
flag will also be useful for MBR disks since 0xEF MBR type is defined
for the uefisys partition.

Regards.

Keshav