From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 20:39:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B20A21065678 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C73C8FC1B for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o72KdtYY023192 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:39:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C572D15.1020007@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:39:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Gustafson References: <1484128131.118691280777381885.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> In-Reply-To: <1484128131.118691280777381885.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig53F02854A645A303C6FD6818" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Volodymyr Kostyrko , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Upgrading Boot Loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:39:59 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig53F02854A645A303C6FD6818 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/08/2010 20:29:41, Tim Gustafson wrote: >> PS: I've just recently changed my mind and moved from dedicated >> > vdevs to gpart. This gives possibility of: >> > 1. Having raw swap partition suitable for swapping/dumping. >> > 2. Updating bootcode online without loosing uptime. >> > Just in expense of some kilobytes of disk space. > I too am using gpart to partition the drives: ad8 and ad10 are > partitioned using gpart. I'm attaching the output of "gpart list" to > this e-mail. Is there an easier/better way to upgrade the boot > loader with gpart partitions? Step 5 from: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror All you need is some bootable media with the latest gptzfsloader -- either 8.1-RELEASE or a recent 8.1-STABLE or 9-CURRENT snapshot. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig53F02854A645A303C6FD6818 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxXLRsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyAfgCdHYWhEZ8M2akH73Jsqq59zD+A GWMAoJKcdq4kI3+gUpdwHvolfOGzRjFz =PB6o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig53F02854A645A303C6FD6818--