Bug 97211
Summary: | Stated usage of active partition flag is misleading | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Bob Hanner <rahanner> |
Component: | rhl-ig-x86 | Assignee: | Sandra Moore <smoore> |
Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Sandra Moore <smoore> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 8.0 | CC: | adstrong |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
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Hardware: | i686 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
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Last Closed: | 2003-06-17 19:52:44 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Bob Hanner
2003-06-11 16:26:27 UTC
As I got further into the installation I realized I didn't give the correct interpretation either. In section 3.20.1 the book correctly states that the MBR, not the active partition, is the code loaded by the BIOS. I think the description on page 108 should connect the two ideas. All MBRs that I know of, except those supplied with Linux, use the "active" flag to determine which partition to boot. Operating system selectors such as OS/2 Boot Manager take up a partition and reside in the one marked active. Some selectors such as GRUB and LILO apparently are different in that they can reside entirely or partially in the MBR. I say partially because the MBR isn't very big and I wonder if that much function will fit. Thanks again for the feedback. I'll work with the original author of this content to clarify this as well as relate it back to the partitioning information earlier in the Installation Guide. Cheers, Sandra |