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Re: gpt query



On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:43:16PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> Just checking: there isn't an mbr_bootsel equivalent for gpt, so mbr_gpt
> is intended for a NetBSD only system with many/very large partitions? (and
> one boots from the same one each time)

Correct.  Booting from GPT is a rather non-standard thing to do on PC
BIOS.  Any bootloader you would "chainload" from a gpt_bootsel would
have to itself be GPT-aware.  I doubt Windows would cooperate.

        Jonathan Kollasch


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