From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 22:16:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E14C61065670 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:16:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com (asmtpout024.mac.com [17.148.16.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98C48FC13 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:16:10 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp024.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-18.01 64bit (built Jul 15 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LFC00C4UDUIHW20@asmtp024.mac.com> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:15:54 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-01-20_08:2011-01-20, 2011-01-20, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1101200128 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4D38AB1F.8090308@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:15:54 -0800 Message-id: <3BC35D04-4E8C-47DC-8487-26D826222ACF@mac.com> References: <4D309563.1000404@freebsd.org> <4D38AB1F.8090308@gmail.com> To: David Demelier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall: merging to HEAD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:16:11 -0000 On Jan 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, David Demelier wrote: [ ... ] > Why does the installer use GPT partition by default? Do you know that GPT is not supported on every (even modern) computer ? Sure. Legacy PC/BIOS platforms can work with a hybrid GPT which includes the legacy or "protective" MBR used by pre-EFI systems; FreeBSD 7 and later, recent Linux, MacOS X 10.4 and later should be able to boot from disks with that hybrid format. If you need to dual-boot into Windows, however, and your hardware doesn't provide EFI then you're likely stuck using MBR + PC/BIOS only. Regards, -- -Chuck