[gentoo-user] Re: Is wrong 4k sector alignment still an issue?

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>]

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

I settled with an MBR-based boot solution and MSDOS partitioning, like 
before.  It's easy to setup.  The whole EFI multiboot setup does not 
seem worth the effort to me.  If it was easier to setup, I'd go for it, 
but as it stands, it's a nightmare to work with.