From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 20:42:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA01106564A for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:42:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f172.google.com (mail-ey0-f172.google.com [209.85.215.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9305E8FC18 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eye4 with SMTP id 4so2383858eye.31 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:42:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OmcmQ8DTPonG32xegzOAmyiqfCxjdz5qjKfyHFRaHgA=; b=X8Hux3B72dfFkjFDYQbi/v5lbcI4iXtvOnVwYaMXbkHyqJxOzxX9neHJY2Qj4oyzBM z5d1aPRiNrgQHv+Nftv06NevYixkTgPdWcyqlxMcZzXHL7EPRPiPJkMaJyVkNMH3Mh4+ Gh2+p/OEJrKRsf/EiRE0XrkWljwTQxUxW0Nmo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.102.13 with SMTP id e13mr368345ebo.81.1313959364409; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.20.135 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:42:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <927966496.20110820112229@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E513802.9090306@freebsd.org> <569113961.20110821222424@serebryakov.spb.ru> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:42:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: Scot Hetzel To: Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer glithcies (i386) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:42:46 -0000 2011/8/21 Kevin Oberman : > 2011/8/21 Lev Serebryakov : >> Hello, Nathan. >> You wrote 21 =C1=D7=C7=D5=D3=D4=C1 2011 =C7., 20:53:22: >> >>> GPT is bootable on all x86 systems, with either EFI or BIOS, and is now >> =9A Ok, I was not sure here. > > The Wikipedia article on GUID Partition Table states that Windows only su= pports > GPT boot when the system is a EFI system and is 64-bit Windows, Vista or = newer. > Windows-32 will not boot from a GPT disk. > > I know Wikipedia is not always right, but it matches my limited experienc= e. > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table Since this is the FreeBSD list, we are talking about booting FreeBSD from GPT partitioned disks. FreeBSD supports booting from both PC/BIOS and EFI Systems. If you want to dual boot between FreeBSD and Windows, then you will need a MBR Partitioned disk. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer - Retired > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >