Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:05:51 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <56EC437F.7060407@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <184a723793384094ded3c6037dd19529@mail.yourbox.net> <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net>
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On 2016-03-18 13:51, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 03/18/16 17:54, José Pérez wrote: >> Hi Guido, >> maybe it's because of this: >> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=296963 >> > > I see. > > There is a problem with this though, we have howtos suggesting 64K for > the size of the freebsd-boot gpt partition: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 > > now that size isn't sufficient anymore. We should at least update these > information soon. > > Also repartitioning could be problematic in certain scenarios. I think > this change should be at least published in UPDATING and maybe also in > the future release notes for 11.0. > > Personally I'll find a way of reorganizing my disks to fit this change, > but it's something that could byte users. > Those old bits of the wiki should be burned with fire. The one you link to is from 2009 and is full of bad advice, and only covers how to install FreeBSD 8.x -- Allan Jude
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