Sorry didn't read that you have a MBR slice instead of GPT then you should take a look at that one https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition
2013/2/22 David Demelier <demelier.da...@gmail.com> > There are a lot of example in gpart(8) man page. You should use it > > I think you should do something like > > gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0 > gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0 > > (The second assume that you have a freebsd-boot as first index in ada0) > > Cheers, > > > > 2013/2/22 uki <uka...@gmail.com> > >> Hi, >> >> I want to install freebsd9 (stable) on zfs root, unfortunately my bios >> is unable to recognize GPT discs. >> I'm using MBR disc, with BSD slice (on mbr index 4) containing >> freebsd-zfs filesystem. >> >> I've no idea how to make it bootable, I've tried using: >> >> zpool export sys >> dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4 count=1 >> dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4a skip=1 seek=1024 >> zpool import sys >> >> >> When I select F4 (slice with zfs) whilst booting the computer just turns >> off. >> How do I make it boot? Do I need freebsd-boot slice? >> >> I have set bootfs property on pool, and added vfs.root.mountfrom to >> loader.conf. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Łukasz Gruner >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Demelier David > -- Demelier David _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
