From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 3 21:26:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DDCA39 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:26:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [IPv6:2001:470:1:117::25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA21194C for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:26:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeta.ixsystems.com (drawbridge.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6158193D4; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:26:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1372886771; bh=1I+PIBxXL6iPtF+UpBylMDU6QgJhqM9cxKMTjztb4ps=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=UZi6njle4PRKDqMPL6EquhS8iMnvui+N3WXADvynfNxl94LBk7JmuvA34fE9C1Fg2 l5erxgz0elAg8aA4bSizQmirMXIvXERLk/TTrmcY8hm0/oeharGZpW7rzD5QOuyii2 uC5oyR62i660Do7lenvukPcfmGFwnDcn4kvJn3mQ= Message-ID: <51D496F2.6080000@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:26:10 -0700 From: Xin Li Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: Whole disk ZFS or -a4k partition References: <51D3ED4F.5030102@shurik.kiev.ua> <8afaecbe0f764963b57fac7743f483bc@DBXPR07MB064.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> <51D42416.8080604@shurik.kiev.ua> <20130703200923.GA70533@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:26:12 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 07/03/13 13:20, Warren Block wrote: > 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 Not true. My Lenovo T530 boots fine with GPT after a BIOS upgrade and choosing "legacy" in the EFI boot options. Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJR1JbyAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzeNgH+QENFbLZPruhFeSvTZWza7O0 v0PDXdlT85mkhwEZn6NfUTFIg5s3Nqihq1+jrDFK+2/1GD5PBCs0z4FcZrdNYU0F W4faB8qEP1AaJdkRf8hutmz+Zpg81IluhXwuKwRu780NK+7KssCpdOH+W5iyfBLZ YtzlAuyuNs8CJX6xNAU9vEdgK1OcBE8LGJMzJjQxQTVJd4npOX59oTlY7rqChUQl ptL65gSbrntvoX8qI4Y8tc9Z1h1LPIETtmz/fVfiTHflhucsFkSNf8vPv8FoVs59 tRWI9uWykQX0lduxYS063r5CouHfKq1fQN2wt9aXyzOCA3nUNFxNlSQeodzry2k= =6BiX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----