Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 08:32:18 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@engineer.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for serious performance? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1212090816090.5523@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20121209091305.238100@gmx.com> References: <20121209091305.238100@gmx.com>
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2012, Dieter BSD wrote: >> B. Use GPT, which does not have the CHS baggage. It is easier and more >> versatile. My systems with GPT disks don't complain about track >> alignment. Or maybe that's ahci(4)'s doing. > > I never found a way to boot from different partitions, much less > different disks with GPT. Grub (or grub2) can do it. I haven't tried it because other operating systems I multiboot do not support GPT anyway. If you're booting multiple versions of FreeBSD, see gpart(8) for some partition attributes that may help. Or even consider ZFS boot environments.
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