[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8434: Building to GPT disks may write the wrong partition offset under Linux
- From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:52:51 -0000
#8434: Building to GPT disks may write the wrong partition offset under Linux
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Reporter: tqh | Owner: bonefish
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Build System | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by bonefish):
Replying to [comment:14 tqh]:
> Ah good to know. I plan to fix this bug, but I found out that with gdisk
you can actually configure your mbr so it matches again, so until then
there is a way to get past it.
Sure, but if you're unaware of the problem, `makebootable` may write to
the wrong partition, which, depending on what that partition contains,
might cause a serious problem. So I'd rather have `makebootable` always
fail when detecting a GPT disk than do what it does now. That would still
allow a simple addition like a `--offset <...>` parameter that would just
cause the tool to write the given offset to the given partition without
any further checks.
A more intelligent solution would, of course, be preferable.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8434#comment:17>
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