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On 8 December 2010 14:27, Gautham Ganapathy <gautham@lisphacker.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > the easiest way to do zfs root is use the pc-bsd disk but select the
> freebsd
> > install not the pc bsd one
>
> I tried that last week with the PCBSD 8.1 DVD. Unfortunately, to
> install on ZFS, you need to go to advanced mode when creating
> partitions, which did not consider my windows partition and showed the
> entire disk as free. I had to abort or wipe windows off my laptop
>
> Is it possible to have windows and a zfs-based freebsd installation on
> the same drive, and dual-boot between them?
>
> Regards
> Gautham
>


if you you a none gpt layout yes