Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:08:06 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot multiple FreeBSD systems (GPT, ZFS)? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1402221544550.88239@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140222211545.GA16305@schweikhardt.net> References: <20140222211545.GA16305@schweikhardt.net>
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2014, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > 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.*** Syslinux? Probably not, but thought I'd mention it. If choosing after boot is adequate, see sysutils/beadm. > 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. Does the pool/filesystem choice need to be presented by a menu, or is typing in an already-known value good enough? Consider also VMs with VirtualBox or bhyve, using zvols for disk.
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