Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:20:26 +0100 From: "Olivier SMEDTS" <olivier@gid0.org> To: "Doug Rabson" <dfr@rabson.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFSBoot try and bsdlabel bootstrap code Message-ID: <367b2c980811200820h5d1a058ax48cceb26d0c48137@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <16C31872-6A83-4FAB-AC85-213D604CDDE4@rabson.org> References: <367b2c980811191412h5e0af470k165b37edc2fc5853@mail.gmail.com> <16C31872-6A83-4FAB-AC85-213D604CDDE4@rabson.org>
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2008/11/20 Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org>:
>
> The process for install zfsboot is a bit manual (and undocumented). Try
> something like this:
>
> # dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/da0s1 count=1
> # dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ds0s1 skip=1 seek=1024
Great, I'm going to try that.
Thanks !
> Alternatively, you might try using the brand new support for GPT that I
> committed yesterday:
>
> # gpt create -f da0
> # gpt boot -b /boot/pmbr -g /boot/gptzfsboot da0
> # gpt add -t freebsd-zfs da0
> # zpool create mypool da0p2
I like testing brand new FreeBSD features on my brand old boxes.
I'm going to have fun this weekend :)
Cheers,
Olivier
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