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Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 16:27:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: Michael Reifenberger <mike@reifenberger.com>
To: Alban Hertroys <dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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Subject: Re: GPT on amd64 and boot managers
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On Thu, 27 May 2010, Alban Hertroys wrote:
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> 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.
>

Ah. I see.
Sorry, can't help here.
On all servers I use GPT for FreeBSD/ZFS exclusively.
On the Notebooks I stay with MBR...

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