> Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on > > > > > GPT+UEFI. > > > > > Fine, let's install on ZFS. > > > > > > > > Do you mean GPT+UFS? > > > > > > I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created and > > > populated by the installer, alongside with the UFS and swap partitions. > > > > > > bsdinstall can create and populate the EFI partition when > > > installing on ZFS, but not when installing on UFS. > > > > > > > Not sure what the failure is here. I usually > > > > install MBR/(UFS or ZFS) so this is not a use case for me. > > > > > > How do you create the EFI partition, manually? > > > > I don't use bsdinstall at all, I install using make and a Makefile, > > so, kinda yes, kinda no, not manual, but not bsdinstall either. > > I see. Well, I personally like bsdinstall for simple cases. It's a pity > it cannot automagically create a EFI partition when installing on UFS. > But its ZFS installation routine is neat, and "bsdinstall jail" too.
I am not sure you actuall need an EFI partition in that situation, but you may want one, and that is a missing feature of bsdinstall. ` > Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
