In the last episode (Dec 29), John Terrell said:
> Has anyone seen this? I've just installed a ZFS only build following the
> instructions at (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot). After
> rebooting after the install, the POST won't complete (it appears to be
> looking at the disks for something). If I unplug the drives and reboot,
> POST completes. If I then destroy the GPT partitions and install MBR, I
> can now get past POST (but with a corrupted installation that won't boot).
>
> Some info:
> Motherboard: MSI Neo2
> Disks: 2x 500GB Seagates (I created a mirrored pool during installation).
>
> Could this just be a crappy BIOS issue?
Possibly. Unless your BIOS is very new it's unlikely to support GPT.
> I'd hate to have to scrap GPT/ZFS and go back to MBR/UFS.
ZFS works just fine inside an MBR partition, as long as your disks fit the
2TB limit (yours do).
--
Dan Nelson
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