Re: [PATCH] ntldr support

[Christian Franke]

Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Robert Millan<...> wrote:
>   
> > After thinking a bit about this, I don't think we want this command in
> > its current form.
> >
> > The problem is it is misleading.  It leads the user to think it can load
> > ntldr as a standalone file, but in fact it is reading the PBR behind the
> > scenes.
> >
> >     
> I don't think it's of any problem since ntldr uses this PBR only as
> superblock to identify the partition. As such I would rather consider
> this loading as a special case of passing $root, just the form of it
> is a bit weird
>
>   

Agree.

A 'ntldr' or 'chainloader --ntldr' command is not mandatory. But it is 
'nice to have' because it allows to boot even if the boot code (6 
sectors) in the area behind the PBR is not present for whatever reason. 
See my previsions mail with the test case.

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Regards,
Christian Franke