Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:19:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> Cc: Mailinglists FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ok How do I boot this monster? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com> References: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Baho Utot wrote: > Ok I have installed 11.0 latest memstick image. > > I patched/hacked bsdinstall ( /usr/libexec/bsdinstall/zfsboot) to install my > zfs raidz2 using 800GB partitions. And it even worked! > > Now I need to boot this monster as well as my current 10.0 version until I > can build my desktop upon the raidz, then I will decommission the 10.0 > version when the 11.0 version is up to snuff. > > I have boot0 install to ada0 which boots win7 and 10.0 freebsd. > > Can this also boot the raidz? No, boot0 is MBR-only. The easiest way I see to do this is to install gptzfsboot bootcode to the ZFS drives and choose one of them from the BIOS boot menu. Grub can multi-boot GPT also, although it needs a small partition of its own.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199>