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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:45:16 GMT
From: Isaac (.ike) Levy <isaac@diversaform.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Sysinstall doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards
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>Number:         129762
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-sysinstall
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 19 14:50:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Tue Jul 13 13:36:44 UTC 2010
>Originator:     Isaac (.ike) Levy
>Release:        7.0
>Organization:
NYC*BUG
>Environment:
na
>Description:
The sysinstall program does not seem to properly support GPT for EFI boards (over MBR/Bios). Freebsd loader in sysinstall for 7.0 doesn't seem to support booting off GPT partition.

This will become a common issue when commodity disks grow over 2TB, (MBR handoffs will likely become less common).
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install FreeBSD on an EFI board, and get sysinstall to boot off the GPT partition.
>Fix:
Patch/Hack good ol' sysinstall.  Run through Pawel's ZFS boot notes to see if his boot/install hacking to sysinstall have been fruitful.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall 
Responsible-Changed-By: gavin 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jul 13 13:36:43 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to maintainer(s) 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129762 
>Unformatted:
