misc/129762: Sysinstall doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards

[Isaac Levy (.ike)]

>Number:         129762
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Sysinstall doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 19 14:50:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Isaac (.ike) Levy
>Release:        7.0
>Organization:
NYC*BUG
>Environment:
na
>Description:
The sysinstall program does not seem to properly support GPT for EFI boards (over MBR/Bios). Freebsd loader in sysinstall for 7.0 doesn't seem to support booting off GPT partition.

This will become a common issue when commodity disks grow over 2TB, (MBR handoffs will likely become less common).
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install FreeBSD on an EFI board, and get sysinstall to boot off the GPT partition.
>Fix:
Patch/Hack good ol' sysinstall.  Run through Pawel's ZFS boot notes to see if his boot/install hacking to sysinstall have been fruitful.

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