Whole disk ZFS or -a4k partition

[Xin Li]

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On 07/03/13 14:30, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 02:26:10PM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
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>> On 07/03/13 13:20, Warren Block wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 Jul 2013, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 04:16:06PM +0300, Alexandr wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for your explain. I'll try it soon and post my 
>>>>> results. One thing - I can't use gpt-disks because off my 
>>>>> laptop's bios (Lenovo Thinkpad E530) cannot boot it, only 
>>>>> mbr-style.
>>>> 
>>>> You can use GPT with a BIOS that only supports MBR (in other 
>>>> words, you do not need UEFI to boot from GPT).  FreeBSD's
>>>> boot blocks are intelligent in this regard.
>>> 
>>> Yes.  However, the Thinkpad BIOS is not intelligent about GPT:
>>>  
>>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=26759&highlight=UEFI+GPT
>>>
>>>
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>>> 
http://www.dec.sakura.ne.jp/~junchoon/machine/freebsd-e.html
>> 
>> Not true.  My Lenovo T530 boots fine with GPT after a BIOS
>> upgrade and choosing "legacy" in the EFI boot options.
> 
> The issue Warren listed off is specific to the Lenovo T420.  It
> does not happen on the T430, nor later models (this is further
> confirmed by the last person posting in the thread).  Models prior
> to the T420 may also have the same problem (speculative / I do not
> know for certain).
> 
> I interpreted what Warren was saying to mean "yes it works, but
> some models of laptops/hardware don't work with it".

Ah Ok, did Lenovo released new BIOS/EFI updates for the older models?
 IIRC some of their consumer series also share this issue by the way.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
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