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