linux-kernel - Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

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Date:	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:04 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@...il.com>
CC:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@....com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	tytso@....edu, hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, irtiger@...il.com,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, aschnell@...e.de,
	knikanth@...e.de, jdelvare@...e.de, mkp@....net
Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

On 03/09/2010 02:46 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> As far as partitioning... I believe we should be using GPT partition tables
>> where possible.  Even on non-EFI systems, it's simply a much better
>> partition table format.
>>
>>         -hpa
>
> GPT can not be used for boot disks in non-EFI systems, right?
>

It can.  The BIOS doesn't care about the partition table at all -- all 
it does is load the MBR.

	-hpa
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