Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:58:11 +0200 From: Alban Hertroys <dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GPT on amd64 and boot managers Message-ID: <4BFFA1C3.3050901@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <4BFE5893.5090609@icyb.net.ua> References: <16DEFF8A-DBBB-4F4F-9C0E-FAFBF444E7FE@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005271200030.85386@gw.reifenberger.com> <F3B2526D-E644-480A-BBE4-E64B0B5051DF@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> <4BFE5893.5090609@icyb.net.ua>
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On 05/27/10 13:33, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> on 27/05/2010 13:55 Alban Hertroys said the following:
>> I can boot FreeBSD just fine off GPT, but I have to select in the BIOS whether
>> I want to boot FreeBSD or Windows (by means of changing the boot sequence). A
>> working boot manager would be so much more convenient for that.
>
> Right.
> OTOH I have standard GPT installation (pmbr + gptzfsboot) and during boot I am
> presented with a choice which _hard disk_ to boot from. I didn't do anything
> special for that. Not exactly a boot manager, but OK for me.
I'd be quite happy to have something like that, do you have any idea
what's doing that for you? I suspect it is your BIOS, as I don't get
that choice and AFAIK I also have a standard GPT installation - I
literally followed the examples in man gpart up to the point where
freebsd-ufs partitions are added.
This is my partition layout:
dalroi:bommel > gpart show ada0
=> 34 625142381 ada0 GPT (298G)
34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64K)
162 2097152 2 freebsd-ufs (1.0G)
2097314 16777216 3 freebsd-swap (8.0G)
18874530 1024000 4 freebsd-ufs (500M)
19898530 2097152 5 freebsd-ufs (1.0G)
21995682 41943040 6 freebsd-ufs (20G)
63938722 561203693 7 freebsd-ufs (268G)
!DSPAM:930,4bffa1c910415538290380!
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