Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:33:39 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: Alban Hertroys <dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GPT on amd64 and boot managers Message-ID: <4BFE5893.5090609@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <F3B2526D-E644-480A-BBE4-E64B0B5051DF@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> References: <16DEFF8A-DBBB-4F4F-9C0E-FAFBF444E7FE@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005271200030.85386@gw.reifenberger.com> <F3B2526D-E644-480A-BBE4-E64B0B5051DF@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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on 27/05/2010 13:55 Alban Hertroys said the following: > On 27 May 2010, at 12:02, Michael Reifenberger wrote: > >> On Thu, 27 May 2010, Alban Hertroys wrote: >>> Good day, >>> >>> Yesterday I finally changed my FreeBSD disk to use GPT instead of a >>> traditional MBR, but I hadn't realised that the FreeBSD boot manager >>> doesn't understand GPT partitions (my CURRENT is from early January, if >>> that matters). I used to have that disk set up in the BIOS as the preferred >>> boot disk and the boot manager on it allowed me to boot one of the other >>> disks containing Windows 7 [1]. >>> >> FreeBSD boots just fine from GPT. See the examples section of gpart(8). > > > You appear to have missed the point; I was talking about the boot manager - the > thing that lets you choose which OS to boot, not the boot loader. > > I can boot FreeBSD just fine off GPT, but I have to select in the BIOS whether > I want to boot FreeBSD or Windows (by means of changing the boot sequence). A > working boot manager would be so much more convenient for that. Right. OTOH I have standard GPT installation (pmbr + gptzfsboot) and during boot I am presented with a choice which _hard disk_ to boot from. I didn't do anything special for that. Not exactly a boot manager, but OK for me. -- Andriy Gapon
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