#15638: Support Sun VTOC partition tables
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Reporter: pulkomandy | Owner: nobody
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Partitioning Systems | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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Native format for sparc workstations. Required also for boot CDs.
FreeBSD implementation:
*
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/1d6e4247415d264485ee94b59fdbc12e0c566fd0/sys/sys/disk/vtoc.h
*
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/geom/part/g_part_vtoc8.c
Other possibly relevant info:
* http://www.introcomp.co.uk/solaris/rdlabel.html
* http://www.trash.net/~lkarrer/projects/solcdburn/solcdburn.html
Test data:
* https://archive.org/details/solaris_7_1199_sparc
We will need a kernel add-on for it (to locate the rootfs in the boot CD),
as well as some buildtool (possibly similar to "anyboot") to generate said
CD.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/15638>
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