From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 3 21:39:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A5FFE0 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:39:06 +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 295F119FC for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:39:06 +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 E87889484; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:39:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1372887546; bh=PvqBmq66TByG2AuD2i1zUlT4VcfWI0bPuLyTDU57knU=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=OBT3SUOa7/dUJEclOUS/wnC+PkVQE88oxI+EvhhOLqBJM/NPxx7TH+VIhjfSleetY iiO4cXV+mDdnB5RRWr2TCKm9C2TPlwAtappnxoG+gIcA82dBAY8DZfkv3YNRrioTX2 GLqnK6KR35MIGvrdSDL7CA66iuKkQ5moKVJbECv8= Message-ID: <51D499F9.1020201@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:39:05 -0700 From: Xin Li Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org 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> <51D496F2.6080000@delphij.net> <20130703213041.GA72100@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20130703213041.GA72100@icarus.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 21:39:06 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 07/03/13 14:30, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 02:26:10PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: >> -----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. > > The issue Warren listed off is specific to the Lenovo T420. It > does not happen on the T430, nor later models (this is further > confirmed by the last person posting in the thread). Models prior > to the T420 may also have the same problem (speculative / I do not > know for certain). > > I interpreted what Warren was saying to mean "yes it works, but > some models of laptops/hardware don't work with it". Ah Ok, did Lenovo released new BIOS/EFI updates for the older models? IIRC some of their consumer series also share this issue by the way. Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJR1Jn5AAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzumMH/jieSJ6ntbusCzKzI+yn3XI+ rglZi7Prlcau/Tmb1gKayAqRgm7u8NUwDglAD361hO5Q69MQDoHb10sHxCCmHbPB AbHicUuwbds2F2plhizodqKWP/3ZybWkDaryd1y/mVyaVb1vvvSHLno0smw4mllE gsONRfhR8QPEUgFsi9oIakIOAeCX/Bp/mrwlwEeqQq3nyiGocxvz+UgQqo50ifpC 0ncNOTZSEXj3H3HqehAnalTMG9awIgJ+vxX04CaX8Ks0vSX0H6q9ymjp1GDtq3HD nWgGz2hyhjmSzxrV/7rSvVmOGmR45D9GYeV7WCP49m291dKyTitHdarM4CyAQco= =h4Iw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----