Booting a computr in EFI mode.

[John Austin]

On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:38 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: 
> > On 01/15/2012 07:07 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > On 15/01/12 00:41, david walcroft wrote:
> > >>> No unless you install as "new", instead of upgrade.
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/11/15/fedora-16-gpt-disk-partitioning-guide/
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> I read the web page and does not say anything about custom created
> > >> partitions,which I use,what happens regarding GPT in this situation
> > >>
> > >> david
> > >
> > > Page 2 should have some info on custom createdpartitions,
> > > To create a GPT-based system, the first partition has to be a Standard
> > > partition with the bios_boot flag. Note that this step will have to be
> > > repeated for all partitions that will be created.
> > 
> > Thanks for that,I understand that with EFI & GPT you can have more than 
> > four primary partitions but no extended partition.So how many primaries 
> > can be used?
> > 
> > david
> 
> From  what I have read as many as you want.
> -- 

http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/whatsgpt.html

says 128

John