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Subject: Re: counting partitions in gpt partition map
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"Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org> 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?

--
Marco