Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:00:56 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: lev@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer glithcies (i386) Message-ID: <4E5163F8.2060706@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sZ2rRz8_wjgosmg1CLcKCaBtrazsCRB9RPjZgs=C_fTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <927966496.20110820112229@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E513802.9090306@freebsd.org> <569113961.20110821222424@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CAN6yY1sZ2rRz8_wjgosmg1CLcKCaBtrazsCRB9RPjZgs=C_fTA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/21/11 14:41, Kevin Oberman wrote: > 2011/8/21 Lev Serebryakov<lev@freebsd.org>: >> Hello, Nathan. >> You wrote 21 августа 2011 г., 20:53:22: >> >>> GPT is bootable on all x86 systems, with either EFI or BIOS, and is now >> Ok, I was not sure here. > The Wikipedia article on GUID Partition Table states that Windows only supports > GPT boot when the system is a EFI system and is 64-bit Windows, Vista or newer. > Windows-32 will not boot from a GPT disk. > > I know Wikipedia is not always right, but it matches my limited experience. > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table We do EFI boot differently from Windows, using a PMBR bootstrap. This means it will work even on a 386 (in principle: I don't really want to dig out my 386 to check). -Nathan
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