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 -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."
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