[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #12644: MBR & stage1 do not handle boot partition passing for chainloading (makebootable should not be required)

  • From: "starsseed" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:59:21 -0000

#12644: MBR & stage1 do not handle boot partition passing for chainloading
(makebootable should not be required)
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   Reporter:  mmu_man    |      Owner:  axeld
       Type:  bug        |     Status:  new
   Priority:  high       |  Milestone:  R1/beta1
  Component:             |    Version:  R1/Development
  System/Boot Loader     |   Keywords:  chainload, partition, GRUB, MBR,
 Resolution:             |  stage1
 Blocked By:             |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  0          |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by starsseed):

 Our booting process does not handle the "drive number" passed in the DL
 register, either, stopping us to boot Haiku from "BootManager" when it's
 not installed on the boot drive.

 Both issues should be adressed simultaneously.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/12644#comment:2>
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