Re: [parted-devel] [parted 1.8.8] msdos label and file system corruption issues with > 2TB disk

2007-12-28 Thread Michael Reed
H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Michael Reed wrote: >> What are the various protocols in use for booting from GPT partitions >> on BIOS systems? Trying to standardize on one could be a "good thing". >> > > So far, the only supported protocol is to have the bootable partition(s) > present inth the MBR.

Re: [parted-devel] [parted 1.8.8] msdos label and file system corruption issues with > 2TB disk

2007-12-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Michael Reed wrote: What are the various protocols in use for booting from GPT partitions on BIOS systems? Trying to standardize on one could be a "good thing". So far, the only supported protocol is to have the bootable partition(s) present inth the MBR. Data-only partitions can be presen

Re: [parted-devel] [parted 1.8.8] msdos label and file system corruption issues with > 2TB disk

2007-12-28 Thread Michael Reed
H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Michael Reed wrote: >> Via analysis of the MSDOS partition table, I can state that it can address >> a maximum of 4TB of space. Each partition entry consists of a starting block >> and a length. Both of these fields are 32 bits in length. No individual >> partition can

bugs, bugs, bugs

2007-12-28 Thread Petr Slansky
Hello, I used gparted to move my partitions from 80GB disk to 160GB disk. I am disappointed with the result. I used the latest version of gparted LiveCD. 1) bootloader in MBR was not transfered, I was not able to boot the system on my new disk (I fixed this with grub on floppy disk later) 2) No