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Hi Andrea! |
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Got the problem with Windows.... I red myself today through.... (hmmmmmmmm) |
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No need to answer my last Mail in the List, it is all clear to me now. |
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But thanks again, for the last long explanation anyway.... |
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Tamer |
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Am 30.05.2013 10:04, schrieb Andrea Conti: |
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>>> The real problem is that while rEFIt/rEFInd, OSX and Linux have no |
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>>> problem dealing with a GPT partition table, Windows only supports MBR. |
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>>> (Windows 7+ supports GPT partition tables but it can only boot from a |
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>>> GPT disk in EFI mode. |
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>> So, let us assume we have in the game: |
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>> Windows 7 Ultimate Edition |
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>> Gentoo Linux |
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>> and Mac OSX (latest version) |
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>> then we are all on the same side accessing the same partition table |
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>> type, no?! |
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> No. :) |
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> While Intel Macs are EFI platforms, they have an early and quirky |
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> implementation that cannot properly boot Windows in EFI mode, so you're |
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> stuck with booting in BIOS emulation mode, which in turn means that |
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> Windows will not use the GPT table. This is a really stupid Windows |
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> limitation, but we can't do anything about it. |
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