On 08/21/11 14:41, Kevin Oberman wrote: > 2011/8/21 Lev Serebryakov<lev_at_freebsd.org>: >> Hello, Nathan. >> You wrote 21 августа 2011 г., 20:53:22: >> >>> GPT is bootable on all x86 systems, with either EFI or BIOS, and is now >> Ok, I was not sure here. > The Wikipedia article on GUID Partition Table states that Windows only supports > GPT boot when the system is a EFI system and is 64-bit Windows, Vista or newer. > Windows-32 will not boot from a GPT disk. > > I know Wikipedia is not always right, but it matches my limited experience. > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table We do EFI boot differently from Windows, using a PMBR bootstrap. This means it will work even on a 386 (in principle: I don't really want to dig out my 386 to check). -NathanReceived on Sun Aug 21 2011 - 18:00:59 UTC
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