From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Nov 18 01:49:09 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA59C46B7A for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-f65.google.com (mail-it0-f65.google.com [209.85.214.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60451172A for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-f65.google.com with SMTP id o1so1173204ito.1 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:49:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=dnDyV/8nokcAV0WqcmB35CchM4n4rOE4kFAFV1ubQtU=; b=QvJ+j2ksha+SpTAGDZ3zEIaD6MTWMoEm0Hd2LUOxJfQYGz1JqUR9mlkpPRa6/BNdzA 2KHtWF7CIqhzBlP95Ch+urx38bjPJv0fGVJLiz6g4JvoEm/cRS/fSLOAtRIwdx1QuAma yyfrRMmL8zPZWZFmK4EDG1BsSF7gGO2SqN77zWlZKQVqqqncLyS9O2tQUpbyzrVk7uAC El29Mg0/ILhI8dBJl2DyfmwM3ukqolDk4SZNuDDXWWaOG/JYXz6xfKvc+k/28l1tgKgF hitXFnhiojZmaqwYAS/4K6pZJJVhDzflZ5ZCOnad/g3E8cpO3K0JJjAUvc5o6nn5ODPL J13Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvctytajE0Qm+m6BxCQQbCKuDmQC8WZJa1HgD2qVhJ2gedXDt0a7jd0PMLQD4q4/QA== X-Received: by 10.36.92.145 with SMTP id q139mr16757684itb.107.1479433748127; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:49:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from WorkBox.homestead.org (174-30-201-142.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.201.142]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o65sm2283677ioe.15.2016.11.17.17.49.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:49:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (WorkBox.homestead.org [local]) by WorkBox.homestead.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 3a8c87a2; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:49:07 -0600 (CST) References: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com> <575baf45-b23d-163f-79b0-213a6ba51c91@columbus.rr.com> <86eg29x1on.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 25.1.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Warren Block Cc: "Brandon J. Wandersee" , Baho Utot , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ok How do I boot this monster? In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:49:07 -0600 Message-ID: <86lgwhblrg.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:49:09 -0000 Warren Block writes: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: >> 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. I read the thread out of order. Chalk that one up to my own stupidity. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------