Re: Which partitioning schemes should be supported by GRUB?

[Grégoire Sutre]

On 06/07/2010 10:46 PM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:

> There are two parts of this question:
> 1) Which partition schemes should GRUB be able to read modules and
> payloads from ? It's platform-indepedent and 2 conditions apply:
> - Usage. There are OS which are able to boot from such OS and such
> configuration isn't considered obscure by them.
> - Non-confusability. The risk of false positive of this partition config
> which would prevent normal function is small.
> If at least one condition is met it's worth considering. If both
> conditions are met it should be supported.

According to these rules, hybrid msdos+gpt partitioning schemes should
be supported.  Grub should be able to read files from a GPT partition
even if the protective GPT entry in the MBR is not in the first slot.
It's also the conclusion of the thread [1], but I admit that this thread
is two years old.

Grégoire

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-09/msg00101.html