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From: "Olivier SMEDTS" <olivier@gid0.org>
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Subject: Re: ZFSBoot try and bsdlabel bootstrap code
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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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