From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 12 02:14:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F251D11; Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:14:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth4.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 650592718; Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:14:02 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MSZ00600Q721G00@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:14:01 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-4, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2013.9.12.20315, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (unknown [76.210.60.217]) by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MSZ00255Q7CCA30@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:14:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <52312368.1050402@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:14:00 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130907 Thunderbird/17.0.8 To: Uzumaki Naruto Subject: Re: mountroot> while booting r255342 memstick References: <20130912003636.GC46033@glenbarber.us> <20130912005610.GD46033@glenbarber.us> In-reply-to: Cc: Glen Barber , "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 12 Sep 2013 02:14:03 -0000 On 09/11/13 20:42, Uzumaki Naruto wrote: >> 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. > Booting from GPT does not require BIOS support. BIOSes don't (or aren't supposed to -- some broken ones do) parse the partition table at all. -Nathan