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/
