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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:42:04 +0000
From:      Uzumaki Naruto <narutopc@outlook.com>
To:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: mountroot> while booting r255342 memstick
Message-ID:  <SNT149-W48DDFAA3F443CA1B2A1922DC3A0@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To: <20130912005610.GD46033@glenbarber.us>
References:  <SNT149-W61F47563235A39D56EF0E3DC3A0@phx.gbl>, <20130912003636.GC46033@glenbarber.us>, <SNT149-W8656702827DBA7DEB36993DC3A0@phx.gbl>, <20130912005610.GD46033@glenbarber.us>

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> If the issue is GPT and MBR, I am quite sure this laptop BIOS doesn't support GPT disk type, because OEM Acer only gave GPT supported BIOS for model that pre-loaded with Windows 8.

Maybe it helps to clarify, this laptop got no UEFI firmware, I could convert my hard disk to GPT type using diskpart command, but the functionality to boot from GPT partition is unavailable through BIOS.
 		 	   		  

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