From what I have read about GPT your "suggestion" may not
be feasible with BIOS based systems. GPT is a feature of
the EFI specifications. So, if it's a feature of EFI, how
would you implement a bootable GPT in a BIOS environment?
There was an article on the internet this past week that
explained EFI and GPT quite well, but I can find the article
now.
cvp wrote:
> This is a rephrase of a question I had asked, but now as a suggestion:
>
> Currently Vista client does not allow a GPT partition as either a system or
> a boot partition. I can understand the motivation for delaying support for
> the System Partition (the one you boot from), since the interactions with
> (the lack of) EFI support is problematic, but the boot partition (the one you
> put the system on) should be allowed to be a GPT Partition, since all the
> bootup file processing is complete before using the OS. This will remove the
> need for artificial partitioning schemes on >2TB arrays.
>
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