If the only problem is that the UEFI specification forbids setting the bootable flag on the protective MBR, wouldn't a simpler fix be to have them change the spec to allow it to be set? This could even be made with an errata or something similar.
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Change the spec?
Date: 2011-11-19 08:41 pm (UTC)