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Re: counting partitions in gpt partition map
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Marco Gerards |
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Re: counting partitions in gpt partition map |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:32:46 +0200 |
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"Yoshinori K. Okuji" <address@hidden> writes:
> Why does the gpt partition map count partitions from one instead of zero,
> unlike other partition maps in GRUB? I don't object to changing the base
> number to one in GRUB 2, but they should be at least consistent.
This most likely would be a bug, if this is the case. I haven't
really tested things on a partition map that is actually in use.
Perhaps it's that or clumsiness that introduced this.
IIRC the first partition is one with a special meaning, perhaps it is
that?
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Marco