Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib

[John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>]

On Jan 18,  8:18pm, "Jonathan A. Kollasch" wrote:
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} Module Name:	src
} Committed By:	jakllsch
} Date:		Sun Jan 18 20:18:07 UTC 2015
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} Modified Files:
} 	src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib: biosdisk.c
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} Log Message:
} While the old gpt.S mbr code looks at both primary and alternate GPT
} partition tables, mbrgpt.S and DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT only look in the
} primary.  Align the bootxx/boot2 biosdisk code with this so as to avoid
} situations where the disk becomes unbootable when it has an undestroyed
} secondary GPT.

     Wouldn't it have been better to go the opposite way and have
everything check for a secondary GPT?  Now, a disk becomes unbootable
if only the primary GPT is damaged, making the backup semi-pointless.

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