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Subject: Re: UEFI root on ZFS (encrypted?)
To: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com>,
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From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
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Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 11:02:56 -0400
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On 2016-05-15 05:19, Ben Woods wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I would like to reinstall my laptop to get root on ZFS with UEFI. I will
> use a recent snapshot image to install FreeBSD 11 current.
> 
> There has been a lot of good work on this lately, and I have fallen out
> of touch with the status. A couple of questions:
> 
> 1. Can the UEFI loader now boot root on ZFS without a freebsd-boot
> partition?

Yes, you just need the EFI partition

> 
> 2. Can it do it with geli encryption?
> 

Not yet

> 3. Have these been added to the installer, so that if I grab a recent
> snapshot iso I can install it?

Yes

> 
> Thanks again for all the work on this.
> 
> Regards,
> Ben
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> --
> From: Benjamin Woods
> woodsb02@gmail.com <mailto:woodsb02@gmail.com>


-- 
Allan Jude