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Re: using GPT support in BIOS boot

To: port-i386%NetBSD.org@localhost, port-amd64%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: using GPT support in BIOS boot
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 00:29:28 +0100

On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 10:41:11AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> If so, is there any big advantage to doing this on a disk that's < 2T
> when one is using the whole disk for NetBSD?  I agree that the fdisk
> partitioning is a bit gross, but I have not had trouble from making wd0c
> be 63-end * and then using disklabels.

Only if you have a problem with the 16 entries in the disklabel.

Joerg

References:
- using GPT support in BIOS boot
  - From: Jonathan A. Kollasch
- Re: using GPT support in BIOS boot
  - From: Jonathan A. Kollasch
- Re: using GPT support in BIOS boot
  - From: Greg Troxel

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