[arch-general] Default Bootloader for AIF

[Matthew Gyurgyik]

On 04/04/2011 12:04 AM, Brendan Long wrote:
> On 03/27/2011 01:47 AM, KESHAV P.R. wrote:
>> On a side note, I think it is also useful to have GPT
>> partitioning as default now since it is way superior to MBR (see
>> logical partitions linked-list info) and supports multiple primary
>> partitions.
> I'm not sure that it's a good idea to make GPT the default any time
> soon, since most tools don't support it very well yet, and most versions
> of Windows won't boot of it (much as I hate holding things back for
> worse operating systems, having a default that makes it impossible to
> boot Windows seems like a bad idea). Having it available in the
> installer would be really nice though. Even just including gdisk and
> syslinux on the install disk would make things a lot easier in some
> situations.
FYI the installer/live installer already includes gptfdisk (gdisk) and 
syslinux.

I don't believe that "lets worry about windows" is a good argument. If a 
user is installing arch they should be able to read documentation and 
determine which is the best for them MBR or GPT.