From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 22 21:16:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64BD9CF5 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rs2.shuttle.de (rs2.shuttle.de [IPv6:2001:638:206:3::8]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 229B41D35 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rs2.shuttle.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 2CF3B58013; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:15:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from hal9000.schweikhardt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s1MLFjvJ017638 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:15:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh@hal9000.schweikhardt.net) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s1MLFjr7017637 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:15:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:15:45 +0100 From: Jens Schweikhardt To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to boot multiple FreeBSD systems (GPT, ZFS)? Message-ID: <20140222211545.GA16305@schweikhardt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:16:05 -0000 hello, world\n in the good old days of MBR the FreeBSD bootblock would let me select one of several root partitions to boot from with a prompt like F1 FreeBSD F2 FreeBSD F3 FreeBSD Those times are gone; the new kids on the block are GPT partitioned disks and ZFS. I've read many man pages and articles on the net on using gpart, gptzfsboot, bios-boot partition, separate mini boot partition, setting up a root on ZFS system, and others. The part where I'm having difficulties is: which program lets me do the selection? ***No, I can't use grub or grub2.*** Can anyone outline how to partition and install a system that lets me select at boot time which of several ZFS root file systems to boot? I'm fine with the big picture and can figure out the details myself. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)