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On 03/09/2010 04:26 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
>> I will run some experiments to see if any of the systems on my desk can boot
>> Linux from a GPT.
>
> I'm not sure about grub although I strongly suspect recent version of
> it should work but AFAICS lilo should definitely work as it doesn't
> care how the disk is logically organized at all.
>

In the case of Syslinux, you have to install gptmbr.bin, but otherwise 
it works unmodified (Syslinux itself doesn't care about the partition 
table at all.)

Note: the official standard for GPT booting on BIOS is still evolving, 
so I might change gptmbr to match the new standard.

	-hpa