Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:37:28 +0100 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall: merging to HEAD Message-ID: <AANLkTi=LnWeQeAYyJ2_COnAZsnU_n2jGUHXMOy=RGeAq@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3BC35D04-4E8C-47DC-8487-26D826222ACF@mac.com> References: <4D309563.1000404@freebsd.org> <4D38AB1F.8090308@gmail.com> <3BC35D04-4E8C-47DC-8487-26D826222ACF@mac.com>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
2011/1/20 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>: > 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. I use a GPT partitioning scheme for FreeBSD and Linux, and manually edited the protective MBR in order to declare MBR partitions on the same sectors than the GPT partition I wanted to use for Windows. Working really nice. There are tools like gptsync which are simpler to use than a low-level MBR editor. Cheers -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."help
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?AANLkTi=LnWeQeAYyJ2_COnAZsnU_n2jGUHXMOy=RGeAq>