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On 05/13/2010 03:12 PM, Mick wrote: |
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> On Thursday 13 May 2010 22:08:44 Stroller wrote: |
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>> On 12 May 2010, at 23:22, walt wrote: |
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>>> On 05/08/2010 07:16 AM, claude angéloz wrote: |
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>>>> ... |
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>>>> I installed a gentoo on a very recent system (efi support) ... |
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>>>> I know that it is not required an efi partiton to boot the os with |
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>>>> pc/bios and gpt disk. Or is it false ? |
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>>> I guarantee that some smart geek here will know how to do it, though |
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>>> you |
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>>> may need to search around for the appropriate forum: |
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>>> |
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>>> http://www.boot-land.net/forums/ |
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>>> BTW, why do you want to use gpt on a laptop? |
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>> I assumed it was a MacBook or a Hackintosh. |
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> I'm sure I've seen a Sony laptop running Vista that had an EFI boot. I assume |
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> that this means it also had a GPT partition system? |
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Hm. The major benefit of GPT (IIUC) is support for >2TB partitions, |
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AFAIK most laptops don't (yet) have 2TB disks, which is why Vista is a poor |
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choice for laptops. Vista needs most of a terabyte after installing all the |
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bug fixes and service packs -- and then you might want to consider installing |
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some programs. It adds up fast! |
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