2009/12/30 Dan Nelson <[email protected]> > In the last episode (Dec 29), John Terrell said: > > Has anyone seen this? I've just installed a ZFS only build following the > > instructions at (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot). After > > rebooting after the install, the POST won't complete (it appears to be > > looking at the disks for something). If I unplug the drives and reboot, > > POST completes. If I then destroy the GPT partitions and install MBR, I > > can now get past POST (but with a corrupted installation that won't > boot). > > > > Some info: > > Motherboard: MSI Neo2 > > Disks: 2x 500GB Seagates (I created a mirrored pool during > installation). > > > > Could this just be a crappy BIOS issue? > > Possibly. Unless your BIOS is very new it's unlikely to support GPT. > > > I'd hate to have to scrap GPT/ZFS and go back to MBR/UFS. > > ZFS works just fine inside an MBR partition, as long as your disks fit the > 2TB limit (yours do). > > -- > Dan Nelson > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [email protected]" >
I agree sometime its just easier to take the path of less resistance and go for MBR. It wont affect and data drives/pools you have as you would probably add them as raw devices without partitioning _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
