[syslinux] isohybrid and partition type 0x17

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 04/16/2013 09:19 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partition_type&diff=510296573&oldid=510086292
> 
> No external reference cited.  No reference to what "CHRP" means
> (perhaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Hardware_Reference_Platform
> ).

Yes, CHRP is Common Hardware Reference Platform which is a PowerPC
architecture.

> I'd certainly consider it "made up" by Matthiaspaul.  Perhaps
> http://www.openfirmware.org/ofwg/bindings/chrp/chrp1_6d.ps page 56?
> 
> To me, this feels like arbitrary application of a foreign standard
> (one that was specifically targeted to a completely different
> architecture).

Pretty much, although it may have been appropriate, I don't know (but
why would CHRP use the crazy MS-DOS partition format)?

	-hpa