Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:14:54 -0800 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.4TB disk - MBR and GPT coexist? Message-ID: <1C1596DF-191D-42BE-8389-3355726EDB86@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> <D0D0CE06-B991-4945-B12B-152BA930106B@svcolo.com> <F3B0BD49-133C-4BD4-A747-68BD75F72D63@mac.com> <20070112195104.d511384d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:49:38 -0800 > Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> 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
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