bin/120990: [patch] support "BIOS Boot" partition type in gpt(8)

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

The following reply was made to PR bin/120990; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher at yandex.ru>
To: Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org, rmh at winomega.com, ae at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/120990: [patch] support "BIOS Boot" partition type in gpt(8)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:11:29 +0300

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 On 15.11.2010 16:57, Andriy Gapon wrote:
 >=20
 > I think there is no reason not add support for this kind of partition.
 >=20
 > Robert,
 > BTW, just in case, you can create any type of partition using its GUID =
 with gpart.
 >=20
 > Andrey,
 > what do you think?
 
 1. This patch is for deprecated now gpt(8).
 2. Without corresponding support in pmbr and boot code it
 will be only cosmetic change.
 
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 WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
 
 
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