[haiku] Re: GPT Support ?
- From: Mario Fetka <mario.fetka@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:34:36 +0100
2010/12/29 Nickos V <tonestone57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >yep i know this article but it requires a fake mbr but this mbr breaks
> windows gpt boot .
> >so i was hoping haiku can be installed in gpt mode (but as i can tell
> haiku install don't support gpt install)
>
> No gpt mode install. Not likely to happen soon.
> To get a hardware related feature like this added (or fix a hardware
> related bug) takes 3 things.
>
> #1 developer that knows how to deal with gpt + partition tables
>
jep read my comment to #3
> #2 dev with Intel Mac system (I think very few of them use Macs) and
>
It must not bee an intel mac its enought to have a new version of some
business notebooks (like hp Elitebook 3960p with uefi)
> #3 interested in fixing the problem/ticket.
>
jep there are not enought devs for all bugs like every other open source
project
> That's why some tickets will never get fixed because dev must know how to
> fix the problem (understanding of code related to issue), have the hardware
> to test and check their fix on and want or willing to work on fixing the
> issue.
>
i just hope that there will be some iterest in fixing it
thx
Mario
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