Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:37:14 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 194359] bsdinstall should set active flag in GPT PMBR if not booting using EFI Message-ID: <bug-194359-8-Gb0u9YaVeT@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-194359-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-194359-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194359 --- Comment #3 from Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org> --- Indeed. The set attribute command was deliberately changed to apply not just to partitions, but also to the scheme itself. This made it possible to to set the active flag in the PMBR for the GPT scheme, even though GPT partitions themselves do not have an active flag. If the installer knows what the firmware is ((I don't know if we pass anything from the loader to the kernel), then it can indeed set the active flag in PMBR when the firmware is a BIOS and not do that when the firmware is (U)EFI. And only do this on x86... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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