H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Is there any discussion in the community about being able to boot a >>> BIOS based system from a disk that is larger than 2 TB? I'd like to >>> get hooked into any discussions in this area. >> I don't know off hand, but this is a good place to ask. >> Also, you might want to monitor #parted @irc.freenode.net on IRC. >> > > The only consensus (and, in particular, the only thing that works for > multiple operating systems) is: > > - boot partitions < 2 TB > - boot partitions are aliased as MBR partitions in the PMBR > > That is the protocol that's available, and the only thing that will work > with Redmond OSes. It will let normal MBR-loading code work, and the OS > can then pick up its filesystem partitions from the GPT table. > > -hpa
Great minds.... The one thing I thought about with this idea is that it appears to be a mild violation of the Intel EFI spec regarding the content of PMBR. Specs can change.... As I haven't tried this yet, does it require the "gpt" kernel parameter to override PMBR validation errors? Can the mentioned partition layout be created with parted? Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
