Whole disk ZFS or -a4k partition

Xin Li delphij at delphij.net
Wed Jul 3 21:26:12 UTC 2013


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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
>
> 
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.

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