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Re: using GPT support in BIOS boot



On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:25:54AM +0200, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
> Yes, it should be possible with INT 13h AH=48h. It's pretty hard to
> integrate it into 512 bytes of MBR though, but should be possible to
> include into libsa and use on later stages. Also, for gpt.S it's
> possible to use SECTOR_SIZE during compile stage to adjust addressing.

We need it more in NetBSD userland - if we don't want to align on MB
boundaries (which would be good enough for me) in the partitioning tools.

Martin


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