Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:15:27 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, Ali Mashtizadeh <mashtizadeh@gmail.com>, Darren Reed <darrenr@hub.freebsd.org>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grub, install cd and root-on-zfs Message-ID: <86wszawr28.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4648B3AC.8060205@infidyne.com> (Peter Schuller's message of "Mon\, 14 May 2007 21\:08\:28 %2B0200") References: <20070409011723.GB74547@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070409094319.GB76673@garage.freebsd.pl> <70e8236f0704090808y5d305175wdc3cee5be1a26a9@mail.gmail.com> <20070409153338.GH76673@garage.freebsd.pl> <440b3e930705131031v5e97db7fq486d8d17aeb9f622@mail.gmail.com> <20070514070715.GA82322@hub.freebsd.org> <86646vyimg.fsf@dwp.des.no> <4648B3AC.8060205@infidyne.com>
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Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > Considering the amount of work which would be required to allow FreeBSD > > to boot from ZFS (which you apparently do not appreciate), I perfectly > > understand Pawel's choice. > I have already given up on using the FreeBSD boot loader on any system > except in simple cases. I have had too many issues with the automatic > re-writing of the boot configuration nuking partition tables, infinite > chainload looping and whatnot. Nowadays I just keep a grub floppy in all > my machines and boot off that; that way I know I will always be able to > boot. You are confusing boot stages. Booting from ZFS has nothing to do with boot0, which is what you are complaining about here. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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