On Friday, August 26, 2011, 3:35:52 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:29:55PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote: >> >> Windows and GPT FAQ: >> >> Q. Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write, >> and boot from GPT disks? >> >> A. Yes, all versions can use GPT partitioned disks for data. >> Booting is only supported for 64-bit editions on UEFI-based >> systems. >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx > I don't know for sure, but this may be a case where progress is more > important than compatibility. In any case, it would be comforting to > have this issue documented in the Fedora 16 Release Notes. I disagree. This is a bogus argument, similar to those which have repeatedly stripped away Fedora's ability to support older hardware (especially video) in the past few releases. Hopefully Ajax's recent work on software 3D should restore that a bit so those of us with older but still useful systems can run Gnome 3's full Shell. The magnitude of impact depends on whether the typical Linux user who also runs some variant of Windows is at those levels. In my experience personally and in a corporate environment, that would typically be 32-bit XP. Those folks who pay the Danegeld to upgrade to the later Windows releases on a given system are less likely to also be Linux users. On systems where 32-bit is XP is running, one by definition is running with a disk of 2 TB or less. Fedora installation must by default do the right thing. We need to agree on what that happens to be. On a related topic, why in heaven's name is Fedora not including the simple grub setup commands that are familiar to Ubuntu users? Making folks remember a long form instead of providing a few helper scripts seems short-sighted at best, and arrogant/NIH at worst. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
