Ubuntu
gparted package

No (obvious) way to set a boot flag

Bug #41012 reported by Corey Woodworth
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Bug Description

I attempted an expresso install from the dapper beta live cd. I like to manually partition using gparted, however after setting everything up I was not able to label my /boot partition with a boot flag! I looked all over the expresso embedded gparted and even the standard gparted and could not find the ability to add flags anywhere.

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montgoss (montgoss+gparted) wrote :

I can confirm this. I did basically the same thing and I also see no way to set the boot flag.

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Andrew Jorgensen (ajorg) wrote :

This might be a bug, but it isn't important in the scenario you describe. The /boot partition doesn't need a boot flag. Only Windows needs it's boot partition to have the boot flag.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug is fixed with the edgy version

Changed in gparted:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Changed in gparted:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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