Boot Loader Issue
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Mon Jun 24 03:40:22 UTC 2013
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:47:53 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
>> I need to alter mountroot so it tries the right partition/slice.
>> How do I do that? I couldn't find anything in the handbook on that.
>
> You need to install the GPT boot code, e. g.
>
> # gpart add -t freebsd-boot -l gpboot -b 40 -s 512K ad0
> # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad0
>
> See http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html for
> details.
That is GPT bootcode, but he was switching to MBR. That is documented
in the second half of the link.
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