Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:47:26 +0300 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org>, Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Gabor Radnai <gabor.radnai@gmail.com> Subject: Re: EFI/ZFS Update: successful tests, need more complex vdevs Message-ID: <20160115124726.GR4535@zxy.spb.ru> 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 Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:22:27PM +0000, Steven Hartland wrote: > On 15/01/2016 11:51, Renato Botelho wrote: > >> On Jan 15, 2016, at 00:41, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> Just wanted to let everyone know that I just finished committing these changes to the tree. > >> > >> Huge thanks to Eric's for his work on this, as well as everyone else who contributed. > >> > >> 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! > > > > Is there a way to move a installed ZFS system to EFI? > > 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. > > 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 > > 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. What you mean "active MBR" and "ignore disks with active MBR"? > If you don't have space then you'll need to migrate to a difference > device to change the disk partition layout. > > Regards > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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