Re: Hybrid MBR with gpt(8)

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost (Sad Clouds) writes:

>Hi, I should have been more specific. I'm using Raspberry Pi 3 and
>booting 32-bit evbarmv7hf-el. The firmware does not support GPT and
>expects legacy MSDOS boot partition. I managed to get it working with
>GPT partitions, but first have to use Linux to create Hybrid MBR then
>use NetBSD to format UFS partitions and extract the sets. Would have
>been nice if all could be done on NetBSD, hence my original question.

You can create a GPT and then edit the protective MBR using 'fdisk -g -u'
to change the protective entry against a regular FAT entry.

Without '-g' option, fdisk will erase the GPT without question.


>Is it likely that "gpt biosboot" can work with evbarm or it is mainly
>designed for x86?

biosboot is for x86 BIOS.