From 921f578e03c2b19f1b4e7b14d4e69e988b47e2cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:40:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc/gpt.txt: this is now fully implemented Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- doc/gpt.txt | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gpt.txt b/doc/gpt.txt index fd6f00d..0909932 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. -- 2.7.4