Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:20:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Whole disk ZFS or -a4k partition Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307031415110.95542@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20130703200923.GA70533@icarus.home.lan> References: <51D3ED4F.5030102@shurik.kiev.ua> <8afaecbe0f764963b57fac7743f483bc@DBXPR07MB064.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> <51D42416.8080604@shurik.kiev.ua> <20130703200923.GA70533@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed, 3 Jul 2013, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 04:16:06PM +0300, Alexandr wrote: >>> >> Thank you for your explain. I'll try it soon and post my results. One >> thing - I can't use gpt-disks because off my laptop's bios (Lenovo >> Thinkpad E530) cannot boot it, only mbr-style. > > You can use GPT with a BIOS that only supports MBR (in other words, you > do not need UEFI to boot from GPT). FreeBSD's boot blocks are > intelligent in this regard. Yes. However, the Thinkpad BIOS is not intelligent about GPT: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=26759&highlight=UEFI+GPT http://www.dec.sakura.ne.jp/~junchoon/machine/freebsd-e.html
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