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

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/51230; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/51230: 'gpt biosboot' needs to mark protective mbr
 partition as 'active'
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:44:16 +0200

 On Thu,  9 Jun 2016 12:25:00 +0000 (UTC), Hauke Fath wrote:
 > Some manufacturers
 > 
 (<http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/GPT-drive-BootDevice-Not-found/td-p/5053274>. 
 > as well as the HP Elitebook 2170p here) require all Ts crossed
 > and Is dotted before recognizing a legacy mbr as bootable.
 
 See also <http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html>.