[GRLUG] Active Partitions

[Justin Denick]

On Dec 5, 2007 9:27 AM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 8:06 AM, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
> > However, it is important that we note one thing: The problem booting was not
> > related to my description of the MBR, but rather that this particular board
> > requires that there exist an active partition on the disk you are attemting to
> > boot an OS from.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding based on what you've
> written so far, is that the board requires either an active partiton
> (if, as you've done, the bootloader is installed in said partition),
> or for the bootloader to be installed in the MBR.  Either situation
> results in a bootable system.  The only combination that doesn't is a
> bootloader installed in a location other than the MBR, with no active
> partitions.  This would match expected behavior on an x86 - some may
> be more forgiving than this, but they're not required to be.
>
No, the machine will not boot, regardless of where the bootloader is
installed, if
there isn't an active partition. Thus, far this is the only board I
have seen exhibit
this behavior. And it isn't Intel specific, as my older Intel board
will boot w/o an
active partition.
>
> --tim
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