Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:14:00 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Uzumaki Naruto <narutopc@outlook.com> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mountroot> while booting r255342 memstick Message-ID: <52312368.1050402@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <SNT149-W48DDFAA3F443CA1B2A1922DC3A0@phx.gbl> References: <SNT149-W61F47563235A39D56EF0E3DC3A0@phx.gbl> <20130912003636.GC46033@glenbarber.us> <SNT149-W8656702827DBA7DEB36993DC3A0@phx.gbl> <20130912005610.GD46033@glenbarber.us> <SNT149-W48DDFAA3F443CA1B2A1922DC3A0@phx.gbl>
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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
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