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Date:      Fri, 1 Dec 2023 16:53:49 -0500
From:      mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: EFI and zfs raid mirror partial fail (14.0 and RELENG_13)
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On 12/1/2023 3:38 PM, mike tancsa wrote:
> Was testing out a zfs mirror install and noticed that the install 
> process correctly sets up the same partition scheme on both drives, 
> but only formats and installs the efi boot files on the one disk. For 
> a proper mirror and protection, should not the second disk also have 
> the ability to boot ?
>
> Also a little problematic is that the fstab has /dev/gtp/efiboot0 
> mount automatically.  I would think it would be better to optionally 
> mount this. Otherwise, if that disk died, it would be stuck in single 
> user mode since it cant mount that disk.
>
Should have looked at open PRs. There is one from a while ago

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258987


     ---Mike





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