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Re: Parted 3.1 on Samsung XE700T


From: Brian C. Lane
Subject: Re: Parted 3.1 on Samsung XE700T
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:04:26 -0800
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:21:47PM -0500, Rod Smith wrote:
> On 11/14/2012 12:01 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm trying to use parted to create a GPT partition table on the Samsung
> >XE700T slate. On this specific device, after I do so and reboot, the device
> >always enters the BIOS setup and never lets me actually boot. I'm using
> >Parted 3.1 and I have set the pmbr_boot flag (which didn't help). This is
> >working fine on other devices, it's just this one Samsung tablet which is
> >giving me trouble.
> >
> >Has anyone encountered a problem like this or have any advice on
> >root-causing this?
> 
> Some BIOSes have problems booting from GPT disks. This can usually
> be worked around in one way or another. The most common fix is to
> set the "boot" flag on the protective MBR's 0xEE protective
> partition. To do this, you must use Linux's fdisk or a similar
> MBR-only tool, *NOT* parted (parted will just modify the GPT data
> structures). For additional information and workarounds, see:

You need to update your information. parted now supports this via the
pmbr_boot flag. You are thinking of the boot flag which changes the GUID
for the partition to the EFI System Partition type.

-- 
Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)

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