Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:15:54 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall: merging to HEAD Message-ID: <3BC35D04-4E8C-47DC-8487-26D826222ACF@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4D38AB1F.8090308@gmail.com> References: <4D309563.1000404@freebsd.org> <4D38AB1F.8090308@gmail.com>
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On Jan 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, David Demelier wrote: [ ... ] > Why does the installer use GPT partition by default? Do you know that GPT is not supported on every (even modern) computer ? Sure. Legacy PC/BIOS platforms can work with a hybrid GPT which includes the legacy or "protective" MBR used by pre-EFI systems; FreeBSD 7 and later, recent Linux, MacOS X 10.4 and later should be able to boot from disks with that hybrid format. If you need to dual-boot into Windows, however, and your hardware doesn't provide EFI then you're likely stuck using MBR + PC/BIOS only. Regards, -- -Chuck
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