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On 29/06/12 07:22, David Haller wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> |
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> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> OK, I now have the new disk. Unfortunately, it turns out that GPT is |
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>> not an option, since Grub can't dual boot an UEFI/GPT installed |
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>> Windows 7 (you can't install Windows on a GPT disk if you don't |
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>> perform a UEFI install of Windows.) |
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> You need to boot Windows directly via EFI, and linux via an EFI |
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> elilo or grub-efi or grub2 loader (elilo.efi/grub.efi/grubx64.efi in |
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> the EFI-boot-partition). |
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> See: http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html |
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>> And if Grub can do it, then it's much more difficult to set up |
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>> compared to a BIOS boot. I surely don't have a clue as to how to do |
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>> that. |
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> http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/ |
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> http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/booting.html (Section |
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> "Booting from GPT on BIOS-Based Computers", esp. subsection "Windows" |
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> and "Hybrid MBR Issues"). |
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> http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html |
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> (titled: "Hybrid MBRs: The Good, the Bad, and the So Ugly You'll Tear |
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> Your Eyes Out" ;) |
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I settled with an MBR-based boot solution and MSDOS partitioning, like |
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before. It's easy to setup. The whole EFI multiboot setup does not |
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seem worth the effort to me. If it was easier to setup, I'd go for it, |
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but as it stands, it's a nightmare to work with. |
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