Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:20:03 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <56EC46D3.10807@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <56EC437F.7060407@freebsd.org> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <184a723793384094ded3c6037dd19529@mail.yourbox.net> <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net> <56EC437F.7060407@freebsd.org>
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On 03/18/16 19:05, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2016-03-18 13:51, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 03/18/16 17:54, José Pérez wrote: >>> Hi Guido, >>> maybe it's because of this: >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=296963 >>> >> >> I see. >> >> There is a problem with this though, we have howtos suggesting 64K for >> the size of the freebsd-boot gpt partition: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 >> >> now that size isn't sufficient anymore. We should at least update these >> information soon. >> >> Also repartitioning could be problematic in certain scenarios. I think >> this change should be at least published in UPDATING and maybe also in >> the future release notes for 11.0. >> >> Personally I'll find a way of reorganizing my disks to fit this change, >> but it's something that could byte users. >> > > Those old bits of the wiki should be burned with fire. The one you link > to is from 2009 and is full of bad advice, and only covers how to > install FreeBSD 8.x I agree with you, having installed this one system following such advice and having discovered also other problems. Just yesterday I installed a ZFS system (using UEFI) straight from an head snapshot and it did everything perfect, so I'm quite happy about how things evolved. What I was trying to express is that, just like me, other people could get bitten by this change. Too me it's just an annoyance of shuffling partitions around a little, but we should at least have a small warning for the forthcoming release. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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