Re: bin/51230: 'gpt biosboot' needs to mark protective mbr partition as 'active'

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

On Jun 10,  8:30am, Hauke Fath wrote:
} The following reply was made to PR bin/51230; it has been noted by GNATS.
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} From: Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
} Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:25:02 +0200
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}  I noted, btw, that 'gpt restore' will restore the gpt from a backup,=20
}  but it will not restore the protecting mbr. Since that can lead to=20
}  nasty surprises later, it probably should.

     Actually, it will restore the "protecting mbr", and it will
automatically adjust it if you are restoring to a disk of a different
size.  'gpt backup' produces a text file, so you can look at it to
see what is saved.  However, you should not edit it.

}-- End of excerpt from Hauke Fath