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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2010-06-24 20:40:29 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2010-06-24 20:40:29 -0700 |
| commit | 921f578e03c2b19f1b4e7b14d4e69e988b47e2cc (patch) | |
| tree | 12fd3af36b2bda1add25a4e38094348811c979d8 | |
| parent | 62769044bbde4817b95f6ad66216171d0f2ddc8e (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-921f578e03c2b19f1b4e7b14d4e69e988b47e2cc.tar.gz | |
doc/gpt.txt: this is now fully implemented
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpt.txt b/doc/gpt.txt index fd6f00de..09099320 100644 --- a/doc/gpt.txt +++ b/doc/gpt.txt @@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ partition entry), except that the information is provided synthetically. The MBR-compatible fields are directly usable if they are < 2 TB, otherwise these fields should contain 0xFFFFFFFF and the OS will need to understand the GPT partition entry which follows the -MBR one. The "!GPT" magic number in EAX and the 0xEE partition type +MBR one. The "!GPT" magic number in EAX and the 0xED partition type also informs the OS that the GPT partition information is present. -Currently, this is compatible with Syslinux as long as the Syslinux -partition is < 2 TB; this probably will be improved in a future -version. +Syslinux 4.00 and later fully implements this protocol. |