New -boot_image bootspec "appended_part_as=", new -as mkisofs option -appended_part_as_gpt

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@c man .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
@c man .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
@c man .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
@c man .TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.9, Jan 29, 2015"
@c man .TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.9, Feb 06, 2015"
@c man .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
@c man .\"
@c man .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@ -3651,6 +3651,14 @@ then those parameters get updated when the new System Area is written.
Special "system_area=/dev/zero" causes 32k of NUL-bytes.
Use this to discard an MBR which was loaded with the ISO image.
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@cindex Appended partition, in MBR or GPT
@strong{appended_part_as=gpt} marks partitions from -append_partition
in GPT rather than in MBR. In this case the MBR shows a single partition
of type 0xee which covers the whole output data.
@*
@strong{appended_part_as=mbr} is the default. Appended partitions get
marked in GPT only if GPT is produced because of other settings.
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@cindex CHRP partition, _definition
@strong{chrp_boot_part=on} causes a single partition in MBR which covers
the whole ISO image and has type 0x96. This is not compatible with any
@ -3814,6 +3822,9 @@ or a hexadecimal number between 0x00 and 0xff. Not all those numbers will
yield usable results. For a list of codes search the Internet for
"Partition Types" or run fdisk command "L".
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If some other command causes the production of GPT, then the appended
partitions will be mentioned there too.
@*
The disk_path must provide the necessary data bytes at commit time.
An empty disk_path disables this feature for the given partition number.
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