Bootable partitions

[Paul Lussier]

"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

> On 3/13/06, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> 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.
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Seeya,
Paul