Can a MBP 9.1, OSX 10.8.5 boot Windows 8 from SSD in optical bay?

[trwalp]

Can a MacBook Pro 9.1 running Mountain Lion 10.8.5 boot Windows 8 from an SSD mounted in the optical bay?

Please don't reply with information about doing this with older Macs, previous OSX or Bootcamp versions. There's a mountain (like in the movie "Idiocracy") of old info out there -- all relevant in the past and with older stuff, undoubtedly; but I'm seeking the latest knowledge about the latest hardware and software, based on actual experience.

Thanks!

 

[Yahooligan]

Based on my experience, no. Even getting it to boot the the drive in the main bay didn't work for me and I tried a number of methods. Eventually I just took the optibay out and put the superdrive back in. Presto, bootcamp installs and works fine.

OS X version really has nothing to do with whether or not Windows boots or which drive it boots off of, that's a hardware/firmware thing and 10.8.5 didn't update any of that.