Re: gptzfsboot grew a lot after skein support was added; need knob to control bloat

From: Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:57:23 -0500
On 2017-01-28 13:56, Ngie Cooper wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>> So? It literally doesn't matter where the freebsd-boot partition
>> lives, or what it's number is. You can put it at the start or end of
>> the swap partition after adjusting its size. I've done this on several
>> systems...  NanoBSD plays games with this stuff as well to be bootable
>> on old / new systems.
> 
> True. Hopefully my BIOS/disk controller isn't dumb enough to not
> support large disks properly.
> 
> *sigh* Unfortunately, in my infinity cleverness I only put 2
> partitions on the drive -- freebsd-boot and freebsd-zfs. I guess I'll
> need to make backups of my workstation so I don't lose anything
> critical.
> 
> -Ngie
> 

Did gptzfsboot not fall below 64kb when you used the
LOADER_NO_GELI_SUPPORT knob?

-- 
Allan Jude


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