Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 15:36:49 +0200 From: uki <ukaszg@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS on MBR does not boot at all Message-ID: <CAN_VB4Wp6tUbtD=Q2fSmM4UEQtABYdNBULQU7RXORdOSKTWcKw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <67um8rk3n88jsv.fsf@saturn.laptop> References: <CAO%2BPfDeyQ16aXEV1P6ACAE7=sbn%2Bm_-j2c5fV1YmqV8ds6cejw@mail.gmail.com> <CAO%2BPfDdnssETKQHVBAPv60waaXhHNZj7r-f53VNh%2Bh99=3LOPQ@mail.gmail.com> <67um8rwqrdrxes.fsf@saturn.laptop> <5186E3B1.80207@gmail.com> <67um8rk3n88jsv.fsf@saturn.laptop>
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I had to set up ZFS on MBR lately. Since I'm lazy I wrote a script for that. Maybe it would suit your needs (it's very simple though). https://bitbucket.org/ukaszg/freebsd-zfs-on-mbr-installer 2013/5/9 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>: > On Sun, 05 May 2013 17:56:49 -0500, Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 5/5/2013 3:20 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Thanks for following up with what the real problem was. I updated the >>> Wiki to include this: >>> >>> Note that partition order is important. It seems that zfsboot >>> requires the freebsd-zfs partition to be the first, so make sure y= ou >>> add if first, before your swap partition. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Giorgos >> >> What? I've been using this set up for years. >> >> =3D> 34 976773101 ada1 GPT (465G) >> 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k) >> 162 8388608 2 freebsd-swap (4.0G) >> 8388770 968384365 3 freebsd-zfs (461G) >> >> =3D> 34 976773101 ada2 GPT (465G) >> 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k) >> 162 8388608 2 freebsd-swap (4.0G) >> 8388770 968384365 3 freebsd-zfs (461G) > > That's ok for GPT partitions. The original post was about an MBR > partition table. > > Some modern laptops (mine is one) do not boot successfully from a disk > with a GPT partition scheme, unless the boot loader is EFI-capable > (which ours isn't). So you have to use an MBR-style partition table. > > In those cases the note is still useful to see. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 Pozdrawiam, =C5=81ukasz Gruner
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