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authorRod Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com>2017-07-21 21:48:13 -0400
committerRod Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com>2017-07-21 21:48:13 -0400
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Initial commit of support for moving main partition table to arbitrary
location on disk (within limits based on existing partitions).
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@@ -466,6 +466,14 @@ boot.
Show detailed partition information. This option is identical to the 'i'
option on the main menu.
+.TP
+.B j
+Adjust the location of the main partition table. This value is normally 2,
+but it may need to be increased in some cases, such as when a
+system\-on\-chip (SoC) is hard\-coded to read boot code from sector 2. I
+recommend against adjusting this value unless doing so is absolutely
+necessary.
+
.TP
.B l
Change the sector alignment value. Disks with more logical sectors per