On 01/20/2011 14:15, Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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. We should not do anything by default that damages the ability to dual-boot windows (and by windows I really mean "xp or later" since we'll have xp around through 2014). If there are significant advantages to gpt as a default when possible then it will be necessary to ask the user some intelligent questions such as "Will this system be multi-booted?" and if yes, "Will ${lowest_common_denominator:-windows} be installed?" hth, Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/Received on Thu Jan 20 2011 - 21:44:59 UTC
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