2013/9/11 Yuri K. Shatroff <yks-...@yandex.ru>: > Well, actually it *is* possible using "hybrid" MBR+GPT partitioning. > > http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html > > Also google for 'hybrid mbr'. > > I am using this setup for multibooting several OS incl. Win 7 without > problems for a couple of years.
I almost forgot about hybrid MBRs... also it's fragile indeed, so I probably won't recommend it even if I thought about it in the first place. >> In this case, you must either revert to an msdos partition table (can >> be done w/o data loss IIRC), or trick Windows into believing it's >> running on EFI, i.e. set up UEFI DUET. Google that and you'll find an >> excellent HOWTO on this. Happy hacking~ > > > An interesting idea, yet, probably, a little more complicated than hybrid > MBR for the sole purpose of multibooting. I've tried that on a VirtualBox VM last year, and I'd like to point out that describing the process as "a little more" complicated is serious underestimation. :D
