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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Kai Kockro <k.kockro@myphotobook.de>
Subject: Re: bsdinstall ZFS and MBR not working
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Kai Kockro wrote:

> i wanted to install 10-RELEASE on my Lenovo T420s ( Samsung 840 Pro SSD
> inside ). After using ZFS installer ( force 4k on, MBR partition because
> GPT bug in Lenovo Bios ), i get "Missing operating system". If i boot
> bsdinstall again and looking with zpool import, my root pool ist gone
> away, only bootpool apears in the list. The partition list also changed
> ... i dont understand this.
>
> If i use UFS and MBR, all is fine. FreeBSD is booting.
>
> I tried manually the old style from FreeBSD Wiki ( ZFS on ROOT ), but
> not working, too. What can i do?

Later versions of the BIOS have been reported to fix the GPT booting 
problem.