On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 20:34:27 +0000 (UTC), Michael van Elst wrote: > While there is a 'gptmbr.bin' bootloader for NetBSD that > requires BIOS boot but then accesses a GPT instead of the MBR > partitions, I doubt that such a disk is supported by Windows.
It also looks as if some notebooks (I have my hands o an HP 2170p here) blindly assume UEFI when they find a gpt formatted disk, even when advised to attempt a "legacy boot". After a bit of groping in the dark, and frantic hardware-swapping, I found that the HP will boot from a plain old mbr disk. disklabel(8) partitioning is not ot much of a restriction on the 2170p's 128GB SSD, but it might be soon enough... Cheerio, hauke -- The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Hauke Fath () No HTML/RTF in email Institut für Nachrichtentechnik /\ No Word docs in email TU Darmstadt Respect for open standards Ruf +49-6151-16-21344