"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3/13/06, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know if actually marking a partition as "Bootable" really >> matters? > > You neglect to mention the hardware platform. > > Assuming you're talking the IBM-PC: There is no "bootable" flag.
Are there any other platforms out there these days ;) > If you have LILO or GRUB installed in place of the standard MBR, the > "active" flag is totally ignored, and the boot loader config file > takes over. This is exactly what I was hoping to hear :) > I'd guess FAI is using "bootable" to mean "active primary", but > that's just a guess. What does FAI's "bootable" actually translate to > in IBM-PC terms? No idea. I'm using 'bootable' as seen in [cs]fdisk when partitioning a drive. -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
