Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:15:45 +0100 From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to boot multiple FreeBSD systems (GPT, ZFS)? Message-ID: <20140222211545.GA16305@schweikhardt.net>
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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)
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