From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 28 16:52:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745D61065673 for ; Fri, 28 May 2010 16:52:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCE58FC17 for ; Fri, 28 May 2010 16:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from odyssey.starpoint.kiev.ua (alpha-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.101]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id TAA15207; Fri, 28 May 2010 19:52:09 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Message-ID: <4BFFF4B8.9010203@icyb.net.ua> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:52:08 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100517) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alban Hertroys References: <16DEFF8A-DBBB-4F4F-9C0E-FAFBF444E7FE@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> <4BFE5893.5090609@icyb.net.ua> <4BFFA1C3.3050901@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <4BFFA1C3.3050901@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: GPT on amd64 and boot managers X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 16:52:16 -0000 on 28/05/2010 13:58 Alban Hertroys said the following: > 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. Looks like I was confused - this was on a system where ZFS was installed in a slice and boot0 was used as MBR. Sorry for misleading you. I wonder if it's possible to cram both disk selection support and GPT support in 512 bytes by throwing out something... Or perhaps add boot manager functions to gptboot, that sounds easier. -- Andriy Gapon