On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Alan Grimes <alonz...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Had another learning experience with respect to how GPT disks work., > system is buttoned up and operating in GPT mode. In old systems, the > boot sectors and bootstrap loaders were kinda consigned to a digital > pergatory on the drive, now you just have to give it its own 1mb > partition...
efi/gpt aren't more buttoned up; just different. For example, for grub: bios + msdos label boot.img - embedded in mbr core.img - embedded in post-mbr gap bios + gpt label boot.img - embedded in mbr core.img - embedded in bios_boot partition efi + gpt label efi (pe/coff) executable on a fat partition
