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38 for inclusion in a hybrid MBR or conversion to a conventional MBR.
41 hybridized partition when creating a hybrid MBR.
75 be a hybrid MBR and if the MBR partition(s) don't fit on the disk, the
112 - Fixed hybrid MBR creation on disks larger than 2TiB: Previously, if one
132 - Modified "converting MBR to GPT" message to clarify that the conversion
134 "gdisk -l" operation will change an MBR disk to a GPT disk without
150 - Removed stray debug message that would appear when reading MBR disks.
175 - Tweaked hybrid MBR creation options to fix a problem that caused the main
176 0xEE MBR partition to NOT be created if the user told gdisk to NOT place
192 reported on a Windows system on which the write of the protective MBR
194 may have been blocking write access to the MBR.)
197 because Midnight BSD uses the same 0xA5 type code as FreeBSD on MBR
258 MBR data. When detected, the program now stops reading after the first
261 - Fixed bug in partition overlap detection in MBR code.
305 - Fixed bug that caused CHS end point for protective MBR to be set to
315 when converting a disk from MBR format (but, oddly, not when creating a
318 - Added a warning when an MBR partition is discarded because it's too
339 partitions when generating a hybrid MBR.
341 - Enable entry of hex codes that begin with "0x" for both GPT and MBR
345 hybrid MBR.
363 lack an existing MBR signature. (In 0.7.0, it could write an empty
364 MBR data structure to a device on which it was mistakenly launched.)
366 - Fixed bug that caused the protective MBR to not be written when
369 - Fixed bug that caused second protective MBR partition, when created
370 as part of a hybrid MBR, to always be of type 0xEE, even when the
380 - Created FixParts program, to fix problems on MBR-partitioned disks.
384 - Completely redid the GPT-to-MBR code, used both for converting to MBR
388 numbering gaps when a conversion to MBR was aborted.
390 - Improved CHS value creation on small (<~8GB) disks for protective MBR
391 and when creating hybrid MBRs or converting to MBR format. Linux-only,
432 - Tweaked APM detection to look for APM signature even if an MBR
434 in which an MBR has overwritten an APM disk.
439 - Added notification about nonexistent partitions to hybrid MBR creation
442 - Fixed bug in GPT-to-MBR conversion that could sometimes enable creation
445 - Fixed bug in GPT-to-MBR conversion that prevented creation of an MBR
485 - Added check that the protective 0xEE MBR partition begins on sector 1
489 - Added check for overlapping MBR partitions to verify function (gdisk "v"
491 multiple MBR 0xEE partitions (causes problems in some OSes).
493 - Added check to GPT-to-MBR and hybrid MBR creation options to prevent
496 creating MBR!" When attempting to create a hybrid MBR with duplicates,
499 MBR form.
513 - Fixed bug that caused creation of hybrid MBR to wipe out the MBR's boot
527 - Fixed major bug in hybrid MBR creation, which caused incorrect
563 to recompute all protective/hybrid MBR CHS values. This option is
566 0xFFFFFF CHS value is used as the end point for a protective MBR. The
575 - Undid earlier change, with version 0.6.4, that wiped the MBR boot loader
576 when doing MBR-to-GPT conversions. I've now become skeptical that MBR
638 GPT-to-MBR conversion. This feature is limited by the fact that at least
641 possible to convert back to MBR any disk that started that way, provided
667 - Fixed bug in computation of CHS geometries for protective MBR. This is
692 disks to MBR format, with a limit of four partitions total, and of course
702 - Changed the code to create a new MBR unique disk signature whenever a new
703 protective MBR is generated (when doing an MBR-to-GPT conversion, when
706 the existing MBR disk signature in most cases, but this resulted in
715 - Added code to clear the MBR boot loader when doing an MBR-to-GPT
718 some MBR boot loaders freak out and hang the system when they encounter
720 in what is now GPT territory, causing a system hang. Since MBR boot
728 prompts in hybrid MBR conversion procedure to be displayed in
731 - Fixed very obscure potential bug in hybrid MBR/GPT synchronization when
734 different lengths in MBR vs. GPT.
747 direct copy (via dd, etc.) of the MBR, main GPT header, and main GPT
765 code. Somewhat arbitrarily set it to use the 7501 number (MBR code 0x75
786 - Fixed bug that caused new protective MBR to not be created when the
787 MBR was invalid and the GPT was damaged and the user opts to try to
827 - Fixed bug that caused the convert to MBR function to fail.
887 - Added GPT-to-MBR conversion function. It's very limited, but potentially
901 - Added ability to re-load the MBR and generate a fresh GPT from it. This
907 - The program now generates CHS values for hybrid and GPT-to-MBR conversion
917 out a valid MBR if the user created that MBR over an older GPT without
932 found when converting from an MBR/gdisk hex code to a GUID type code.
942 also destroys all EFI GPT (0xEE) partitions in the MBR.
948 to read the new (empty or MBR-only) partition table.
951 a hybrid MBR.
974 - Deleting a partition now checks for a matching hybrid MBR partition, and
976 0xEE (EFI GPT) MBR partitions is then added to the nearby 0xEE partition.
977 If no non-0xEE partitions are left, a fresh protective MBR is generated.
979 - Added hybrid MBR consistency check to the verify ('v') option and to
980 pre-write checks. If non-0xEE/non-0x00 MBR partitions without
994 header; and convert disklabels contained within a GPT (or a former MBR,
1022 - Tweaked MBR-reading code to ignore 0xEE (EFI GPT) partitions. This will
1023 only have an effect on a poorly partitioned MBR disk that contains an
1025 corrupted disk by using the hybrid MBR for data recovery.
1032 - Enabled MBR conversion code to handle multiple logical partitions.
1037 - Fixed bug that enabled (possibly accidental) entry of MBR type codes of
1051 - Gave users control over the way MBR partitions are assigned to slots in a
1052 hybrid MBR setup; the original method (putting the 0xEE partition after
1056 - Changed "blocks" to "sectors" in GPT and MBR table displays.
1058 - Added "Boot" column to MBR table display; shows an asterisk (*) when the
1066 - Added the ability to create a hybrid MBR ('h' on experts' menu). This was
1073 the GPT data structures itself when you create a new MBR ["msdos
1077 blanks out the protective MBR, as well as the GPT data.
1107 - Fixed minor bug in CHS geometry of the protective MBR's type EE partition
1109 Should be a non-critical bug since the protective MBR partition
1110 definition is only there to keep MBR-only disk utilities from messing
1143 - Fixed bug in MBR-reading function that caused 0x0f (Win95 LBA) and 0x85
1150 parttypes.cc. Most of these were based on newly-discovered MBR type