Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-16 Thread Robert Noland
On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 17:11 -0500, Adam Jacob Muller wrote: On Dec 14, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Robert Noland wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 23:21 +0100, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: Adam Jacob Muller wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-15 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
On Dec 14, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Robert Noland wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 23:21 +0100, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: Adam Jacob Muller wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Steven Hartland
The following worked for me on 8TB array: Add slices as needed (modify sizes as required): gpart add -s 128K -t freebsd-boot da0 gpart add -s 1G -t freebsd-ufs -l root da0 gpart add -s 10G -t freebsd-swap -l swap da0 gpart add ... Then for installing the bootcode: gpart bootcode

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:44 + Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: The only thing I'd warn you about is to ensure you use the DVD not the CD as the CD doesn't have all the things you'll need on it. FWIW, the memstick image worked nicely, too. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Steven Hartland
Possibly the issue we had was the live CD doesn't include dist but you cant remove it once your in it so no way to do the actual install. Using a memstick live would presumably get around this issue due to the fact you can have Disk 0 in the CDROM as well :) Regards Steve - Original

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Robert Noland
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 23:21 +0100, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: Adam Jacob Muller wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so i'm trying to get the system setup with GPT but

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:28:50 + Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: Using a memstick live would presumably get around this issue due to the fact you can have Disk 0 in the CDROM as well :) Err, no. It gets around thia by the very fact that all files required are on the memstick

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-14 Thread Steven Hartland
- Original Message - From: Torfinn Ingolfsen torfinn.ingolf...@broadpark.no Err, no. It gets around thia by the very fact that all files required are on the memstick image - no other image required. :) The machine I installed on didn't have an optical drive at all. Noted for future

freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so i'm trying to get the system setup with GPT but running into an issue. The initial pre-loader (boot0 I think? -- i'm not sure what this is

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Adam Jacob Muller wrote: Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so i'm trying to get the system setup with GPT but running into an issue. The initial pre-loader (boot0 I think? --

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
Hi Rolf, I am using the gpt boot command right after calling gpart create which should combine the add/bootcode. Things do look right from a gpart show # gpart show = 34 19529727933 mfid0 GPT (9.1T) 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64K) 162 1048576

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Steven Hartland
Jacob Muller freebsd-sta...@adam.gs To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:26 PM Subject: freebsd / gpt boot Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so i'm trying

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
:26 PM Subject: freebsd / gpt boot Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with a very large RAID array (total ~10TB), I would ideally like to have the system boot directly off that 10TB array, so i'm trying to get the system setup with GPT but running into an issue. The initial pre-loader

Re: freebsd / gpt boot

2009-12-13 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Adam Jacob Muller wrote: On Dec 13, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: Adam Jacob Muller wrote: On Dec 13, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: Adam Jacob Muller wrote: Hi Rolf, I am using the gpt boot command right after calling gpart create which should combine the add/bootcode.