Re: [Bug-xorriso] Test Proposal for [bug #46716] Protective MBR partition is not marked as bootable

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

22.12.2015 01:22, Thomas Schmitt пишет:
> Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> > So it still looks like adding dummy bootable partition to MBR
> > is the least evil.
>
> It would need patching of the xorriso output or a future release
> of xorriso.
>
> If you want such an option for grub-mkrescue then i am willing
> to implement it. (-shadow_mbr_part ? --mbr-boot-dummy ?
> Not easy to describe its nature and purpose. -alexanders_partition ?)

I propose --dummy-bootable-mbr-partition. I think it can be made 
non-overlapping if we waste a few sectors, but need to test.

Then, we'll need to define semantics for the case when another partition 
would be already bootable in the MBR. Move the bootable flag? Create two 
bootable partitions (which is invalid)? Ignore the switch? Warn? Leave 
undocumented? Well, I don't really care :)

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Alexander E. Patrakov