On 2016-02-26 10:06, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
Syslinux MBR code, used by current openSUSE when you tell it to write code to MBR can also boot from logical partition
It does? :-o How nice! Maybe I read you saying this before, but I forgot, it is so surprising.
(but I am not sure which tool can be used to mark logical partition as active).
Matter of trying... [...] fdisk does it, look: ... Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-11, default 11): 11 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0008ee48 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 63 417689 208813+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd2 417690 819314 200812+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd3 819315 1220939 200812+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd4 1220940 976768064 487773562+ 5 Extended /dev/sdd5 1221003 32676209 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd6 32676273 64131479 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd7 64131543 87200819 11534638+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdd8 87200883 129146534 20972826 83 Linux /dev/sdd9 129146598 148022909 9438156 83 Linux /dev/sdd10 148022973 173196764 12586896 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdd11 * 173196828 976735934 401769553+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): q Telcontar:~ # -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)