Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:21:00 +0300 From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I'm upset about FreeBSD Message-ID: <CANt7McH2LmmU3Kn2f3_m-Cu=%2BdrVMyHFB%2BXAW5O5XzLhUH-MYQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANt7McFNq%2BYSGc_9%2BH%2BUuTDO=df9Q29psRMVmiYR=q53DdBcRQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANt7McFNq%2BYSGc_9%2BH%2BUuTDO=df9Q29psRMVmiYR=q53DdBcRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 21:57:29 +1100, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > If FreeBSD GPT images (and Kindle readers) can trigger this, so could a > theoretically unlimited combination of data on block 2 of USB media; > modifying FreeBSD to fix a Windows bug should be out of the question. Not modifying FreeBSD and not fixing Windows bug but modifying the FreeBSD installation media and working around the Windows bug to let people install FreeBSD without disappointing at very beginning. Why GPT is used in the memstick images at all? Why they can't be MBR based? I think they can.
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