Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:45:16 GMT From: Isaac (.ike) Levy <isaac@diversaform.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/129762: Sysinstall doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards Message-ID: <200812191445.mBJEjGIs085197@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200812191450.mBJEo2P7065527@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 129762 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Sysinstall doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 19 14:50:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Isaac (.ike) Levy >Release: 7.0 >Organization: NYC*BUG >Environment: na >Description: The sysinstall program does not seem to properly support GPT for EFI boards (over MBR/Bios). Freebsd loader in sysinstall for 7.0 doesn't seem to support booting off GPT partition. This will become a common issue when commodity disks grow over 2TB, (MBR handoffs will likely become less common). >How-To-Repeat: Try to install FreeBSD on an EFI board, and get sysinstall to boot off the GPT partition. >Fix: Patch/Hack good ol' sysinstall. Run through Pawel's ZFS boot notes to see if his boot/install hacking to sysinstall have been fruitful. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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