[arch-general] Default Bootloader for AIF

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On 04/05/2011 03:56 AM, Brendan Long wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 05:01 AM, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote:
>> 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.
> I just booted off a USB stick to make sure, and the current installer[1]
> doesn't have gdisk (although it does have syslinux, which I didn't realize).
>
> [1] http://www.archlinux.org/download/
That will soon be one year old. The *current* installer is here: 
http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/ That's what everyone has been talking 
about.

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