Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:42:19 +0300 From: Alexandr <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whole disk ZFS or -a4k partition Message-ID: <51D5518B.9040005@shurik.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <51D499F9.1020201@delphij.net> References: <51D3ED4F.5030102@shurik.kiev.ua> <8afaecbe0f764963b57fac7743f483bc@DBXPR07MB064.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> <51D42416.8080604@shurik.kiev.ua> <20130703200923.GA70533@icarus.home.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307031415110.95542@wonkity.com> <51D496F2.6080000@delphij.net> <20130703213041.GA72100@icarus.home.lan> <51D499F9.1020201@delphij.net>
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04.07.2013 00:39, Xin Li пишет: > 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. > I can confirm, that my laptop with latest bios (2.52 from 04/23/2013) can boot from gpt. A half-year ago it couldn't.
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