Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:41:47 -0200 From: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>, Gabor Radnai <gabor.radnai@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EFI/ZFS Update: successful tests, need more complex vdevs Message-ID: <181DDF14-32C0-47D3-BE50-C9FBF4CA39CB@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5698E483.4000808@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CABnVG=dbUQF_9-0FGj6hjNKPoRP-YekZfCEYfEb5DgcWK30BCA@mail.gmail.com> <9418E44F-114E-4ABA-A32D-416297BCDA9F@metricspace.net> <56985C6A.6040209@multiplay.co.uk> <EB1FB298-78BA-43C5-B5CF-C615D3D93570@FreeBSD.org> <5698E483.4000808@multiplay.co.uk>
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> On Jan 15, 2016, at 10:22, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> = wrote: >=20 > On 15/01/2016 11:51, Renato Botelho wrote: >>> On Jan 15, 2016, at 00:41, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Just wanted to let everyone know that I just finished committing = these changes to the tree. >>>=20 >>> Huge thanks to Eric's for his work on this, as well as everyone else = who contributed. >>>=20 >>> I've set the target for MFC of 2 weeks, so I hope to be able to get = this into stable/10 before the 10.3 slush, so if you're interested in = this change please test a head build > r294068 ASAP. >> Great work, thanks! >>=20 >> Is there a way to move a installed ZFS system to EFI? >=20 > All EFI needs is an valid EFI partition on a GPT disk and the updated = loader.efi so if your devices is GPT based and you have space for an = extra 800k partition then yes. >=20 > The following should be the basic steps you need (untested so backup = your data) > 1. gpart add -t efi -s 800k <dev> > 2. gpart bootcode -p /boot/boot1.efifat -i <idx> <dev> > 3. Ensure your root filesystem has EFI ZFS boot compatible world e.g. > cd /usr/src && make buildworld -jXX && make installworld >=20 > If you have an active MBR then you will likely need to disable this as = EFI seems to ignore disks with active MBR even if they have a valid EFI = partition. >=20 > If you don't have space then you'll need to migrate to a difference = device to change the disk partition layout. Thanks. Worked fine! -- Renato Botelho
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