On 03/18/16 19:05, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2016-03-18 13:51, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 03/18/16 17:54, José Pérez wrote: >>> Hi Guido, >>> maybe it's because of this: >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=296963 >>> >> >> I see. >> >> There is a problem with this though, we have howtos suggesting 64K for >> the size of the freebsd-boot gpt partition: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 >> >> now that size isn't sufficient anymore. We should at least update these >> information soon. >> >> Also repartitioning could be problematic in certain scenarios. I think >> this change should be at least published in UPDATING and maybe also in >> the future release notes for 11.0. >> >> Personally I'll find a way of reorganizing my disks to fit this change, >> but it's something that could byte users. >> > > Those old bits of the wiki should be burned with fire. The one you link > to is from 2009 and is full of bad advice, and only covers how to > install FreeBSD 8.x I agree with you, having installed this one system following such advice and having discovered also other problems. Just yesterday I installed a ZFS system (using UEFI) straight from an head snapshot and it did everything perfect, so I'm quite happy about how things evolved. What I was trying to express is that, just like me, other people could get bitten by this change. Too me it's just an annoyance of shuffling partitions around a little, but we should at least have a small warning for the forthcoming release. -- Guido Falsi <mad_at_madpilot.net>Received on Fri Mar 18 2016 - 17:20:08 UTC
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