From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 14:34:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87783106564A for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14C6A8FC16 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 072C5E7165; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:34:27 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=leafUaha7mTc y4grVe15kZzTdD8=; b=gScmFqb3D073MYtsAvJrIuo9yNvAqbdX/8LhBXTWk0Cn tDxQcZn2eVCMLzeAPHKAPa1oqSfVjOScXl07yZyYYWiEnvUknYf9KcVLL5+ert43 +B5ksu5nWx2IaokcQ9wJt77qp/mEL4lPDTEAiXeOvNK6+80pF5lmZBHB9fpS/98= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=Vhjq1c Qlx5ON3dNckh2pN5IUrDkE7YHYJiAyD2GYFblYswr3LHOmjVIL52CdgPWKkBUv5x 18QEcILvyr28rX4nAZ6m0c6t/hGmfeHqGBW7GK67fqdpLFHhU7Mf5Oim8VnRga+M icsBt5ZHLqQ325hyS+Ivu91hwPfBJeovTVbL4= Received: from core.draftnet (client-86-31-8-12.midd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.31.8.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 90CDBE6025; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:34:26 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:34:04 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: <20101204143404.30cea6cb@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <4cf9f156.iRyLYEzYqdNg1mf7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4cf8dbdd.7sbsexcxBlJtEO11%mueller6724@bellsouth.net> <201012031813.11266.josh@tcbug.org> <20101204011741.79353836@core.draftnet> <4cf9f156.iRyLYEzYqdNg1mf7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.7 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mueller6724@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, josh@tcbug.org Subject: Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:34:28 -0000 On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:44:22 -0800 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Another possible downside: if you want to multi-boot, the other OS > may also need to understand both GPT and PMBR. That can be a big problem actually: I'd heard that Windows 7 supported GPT so I recently tried to install it. It turns out that it only supports booting from GPT via an EFI firmware, not using the PMBR and a legacy BIOS. -- Bruce Cran