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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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