From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 12 23:15:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE0816A494 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:15:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from kininvie.sv.svcolo.com (kininvie.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D188813C44B for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:15:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by kininvie.sv.svcolo.com (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0CNF1OE009335; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:15:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) In-Reply-To: <20070112195104.d511384d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <45A5FD8A.6080409@svcolo.com> <2918081F-D376-410B-B6FD-42BDD3323575@svcolo.com> <20070111213444.GB17185@zone3000.net> <20070112195104.d511384d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1C1596DF-191D-42BE-8389-3355726EDB86@svcolo.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jo Rhett Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:14:54 -0800 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: undef - SENDER Whitelisted (jrhett@svcolo.com: Mail from user authenticated via SMTP AUTH allowed always) X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-Canit-Stats-ID: 44134 - 2b39bde7684c X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 64.13.135.12 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.4TB disk - MBR and GPT coexist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:15:03 -0000 On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:49:38 -0800 > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >> It is already possible for them to coexist. It's not uncommon in the >> industry to use MBR partitions even though the disk has GPT. The >> point is that you need to tools to avoid making a mess. Ideally you > > Apparently, such tools exist, at least for Intel Macs: > http://refit.sourceforge.net/ Right. But unless they've submitted their source changes back to FreeBSD, it isn't relevant to what we can do now. It's nice to be able to dictate your hardware :-) -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation