Bug 680562 - Need to add GPT Legacy BIOS Bootable flag support
Summary: Need to add GPT Legacy BIOS Bootable flag support
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: parted
Version: 15
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-25 22:13 UTC by Brian Lane
Modified: 2011-05-26 21:06 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-03-12 01:36:45 UTC
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Add GPT Legacy BIOS Bootable flag to Attribute struct (1.12 KB, patch)
2011-02-25 22:14 UTC, Brian Lane 		no flags Details | Diff
Add legacy_boot flag support (5.82 KB, patch)
2011-02-25 22:15 UTC, Brian Lane 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Brian Lane 2011-02-25 22:13:31 UTC 
In order for syslinux's gptmbr.bin to work with UEFI systems we need to be able to set the Legacy boot flag on GPT partitions. This is used with livecd-iso-to-disk when creating a bootable USB drive that works on BIOS and UEFI systems.
Comment 1 Brian Lane 2011-02-25 22:14:34 UTC 
Created attachment 481094 [details]
Add GPT Legacy BIOS Bootable flag to Attribute struct
Comment 2 Brian Lane 2011-02-25 22:15:05 UTC 
Created attachment 481095 [details]
Add legacy_boot flag support
Comment 3 Brian Lane 2011-02-25 22:15:42 UTC 
The attached patches work, but should wait until after Alpha is released to be added.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-05-26 21:06:54 UTC 
parted-2.3-9.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/parted-2.3-9.fc15
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