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
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