On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Scot Hetzel wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I've started working on manual pages for the zfs boot chain. >>> >>> Please [p]review my work in progress here: >>> https://github.com/avg-I/freebsd/compare/review;zfs-boot-man-pages >>> >>> Any additions, corrections, suggestions and other kinds of reviewing are >>> welcome. Patches and pull requests are very welcome! >>> >>> Many thanks to Warren Block for the initial review and many fixes. >> >> >> One fix for the gptzfsboot man page would be to mention that >> gptzfsboot is installed into a GPT partition of type freebsd-boot, and >> that the -i 1 refers to the GPT index for this partition. > > > We are missing that from the gptboot.8 page also. > > gptzfsboot is installed in a freebsd-boot partition, usually the > first partition on the disk. A ``protective MBR'' (see gpart(8)) is > typically used in combination with gptzfsboot. > > To install gptzfsboot on the ada0 drive: > > gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0 That sounds perfect for both man pages. -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were maimed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.Received on Wed Feb 05 2014 - 05:58:38 UTC
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