[openbeos] Re: makebootable under linux
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:08:18 +0100 CET
Stefano Ceccherini <burton666@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >So, feel free to add that feature. Alternatively e.g. if it turns,
> > that
> >there is no simple API to get a partition offset you can add an
> > command
> >line option, that allows for specifying the offset.
> I'm a total noob in linux, and I wouldn't like to see my partitions
> messed up
> because I used the wrong offset, sorry :)
> I guess I'll leave this for someone who knows what he's doing.
The boot loader code is always written to the same position - it just
contains an offset to the partition itself. If that offset is wrong,
you won't be able to boot Haiku, but it won't do any further harm :-)
Bye,
Axel.
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