[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8823: DriveSetup won't let you repartition GPT drives to MBR (intel)
- From: "siarzhuk" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 11:55:08 -0000
#8823: DriveSetup won't let you repartition GPT drives to MBR (intel)
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Reporter: kallisti5 | Owner: stippi
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/DriveSetup | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: GPT, MBR
Blocked By: 8991 | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by siarzhuk):
Replying to [comment:6 siarzhuk]:
> Can anybody check if the problem can be solved using "writembr" console
program? In case that helps - implementing #5980 will fix this one too.
I have checked it with USB flash drive - writembr overwrites only first
512 bytes of the disk. To disable GPT bytes in range 512-1024 should be
zeroed. After re-plugging the stick - DriveSetup is able to work with
Intel map.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8823#comment:7>
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