Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:40:57 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Mailinglists FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ok How do I boot this monster? Message-ID: <575baf45-b23d-163f-79b0-213a6ba51c91@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199@wonkity.com> References: <07218d20-34a5-171b-f6a8-de3c271733cc@columbus.rr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1611171215010.67199@wonkity.com>
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On 11/17/16 14:19, Warren Block wrote: > 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. I think the bsdinstall puts that code onto the zfs drives already or am I miss informed? Would creating the raidz on MBR partitions be an answer? Is there a HowTo that shows me how to setup grub if so I have some space left on the drives so I can give grub what it needs.
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