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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:25:49 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Advanced Format Drive ?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211150820500.62459@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <50A4F157.40404@onetel.com>
References:  <21828.1352983292@tristatelogic.com> <50A4F157.40404@onetel.com>

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Chris Whitehouse wrote:

>
>> In message<alpine.BSF.2.00.1211142250370.58597@wonkity.com>,
>> 
>>> In general, you create a "partition scheme" first.  This can be MBR,
>>> GPT, or others.  (But use GPT.)
>
> Unless you want to dual boot with WinXP in which case use MBR still?

Yes.  The same for Vista or Windows 7, mostly.  AFAIK, Windows 7 64-bit 
on a UEFI system is the only Windows that will boot from GPT.

As I've said before, consider using VMs rather than dual booting.


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