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2013/9/11 Yuri K. Shatroff <yks-uno@××××××.ru>: |
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> Well, actually it *is* possible using "hybrid" MBR+GPT partitioning. |
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> http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html |
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> Also google for 'hybrid mbr'. |
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> I am using this setup for multibooting several OS incl. Win 7 without |
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> problems for a couple of years. |
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I almost forgot about hybrid MBRs... also it's fragile indeed, so I |
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probably won't recommend it even if I thought about it in the first |
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place. |
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>> In this case, you must either revert to an msdos partition table (can |
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>> be done w/o data loss IIRC), or trick Windows into believing it's |
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>> running on EFI, i.e. set up UEFI DUET. Google that and you'll find an |
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>> excellent HOWTO on this. Happy hacking~ |
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> An interesting idea, yet, probably, a little more complicated than hybrid |
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> MBR for the sole purpose of multibooting. |
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I've tried that on a VirtualBox VM last year, and I'd like to point |
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out that describing the process as "a little more" complicated is |
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serious underestimation. :D |
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