Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:18:25 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ok How do I boot this monster? Message-ID: <2dd830e0-88f8-dee1-3947-f656b84e92ee@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171644580.67199@wonkity.com> References: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199@wonkity.com> <575baf45-b23d-163f-79b0-213a6ba51c91@columbus.rr.com> <86eg29x1on.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171644580.67199@wonkity.com>
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On 11/17/16 18:49, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > >> I would recommend just using gpart(8) to install the correct bootcode >> (/boot/gptzfsboot) as Warren suggested. The trouble, though, is >> that---unless I'm mistaken---that bootcode requires a dedicated >> partition. > > It does, but there was a freebsd-boot partition on each of the ZFS > disks. 512K, even, so more than large enough for the current version > of gptzfsboot. bsdinstall put those freebsd-boot partitions there > >> Configuring the system to boot would require 128k partitions >> to be created at the start of each disk to hold the bootcode, and that >> would mean either manually partitioning the drives (which is the typical >> way of installing to a custom ZFS setup) or writing more code into your >> custom bsdinstall. > > We might have been looking at different disks in that gpart output. > Incidentally, while the boot partition is usually first, I'm fairly > sure that it does not have to be first and can be in any position. bsdinstall created all the partitions on the four drives exactly all the same. I tried booting to each of them using the "at boot hit the F8 key" ( which brings up a menu of drives to boot from ) and they all booted to the zfs raid system. There was a message saying something about an lba problem but I don't remember what it said. Yes I am too old to remember and I have CRS ( Can't Remember Shit ). When I reboot the machine ( can't do that now... it's busy ) I will try to write the message down.
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