Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:10:28 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved. Re: Dualboot and ZFS Message-ID: <20180319171027.GA84127@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <ec1e6976-3385-a66f-5938-ad09abae590f@fechner.net> References: <VI1PR02MB1200C7F0066F361E60A6CBEDF6EB0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20180115144747.GA65526@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <VI1PR02MB120018D174817F8FFB2981D5F6EB0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20180115151526.GA66342@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <a7920f859b666cff48f4f73ee1b2f954@dweimer.net> <20180116034929.GB89443@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180131082738.GA46395@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <547e65d16ef16667f61d88463ca73079@roundcube.fjl.org.uk> <20180319025914.GA57490@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <ec1e6976-3385-a66f-5938-ad09abae590f@fechner.net>
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Matthias Fechner wrote:
> Am 19.03.18 um 03:59 schrieb Victor Sudakov:
> > partition() {
> > gpart create -s mbr ${DISK}
>
> is there a special reason why you use mbr instead of gpt?
>
MS-DOS and Windows XP compatibility, for example. I think even Windows 7
uses MBR by default. For me, MBR is preferred for a dualboot
configuration for compatibility reasons.
Besides, I don't know of a small simple boot manager (like boot0) for
GPT. Can you advise one?
PS if I install a dedicated FreeBSD system, I usually go for GPT.
--
Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
AS43859
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