on 26/05/2009 19:21 George Hartzell said the following: > Dmitry Morozovsky writes: > > On Tue, 26 May 2009, Mickael MAILLOT wrote: > > > > MM> Hi, > > MM> > > MM> i prefere use zfsboot boot sector, an example is better than a long > talk: > > MM> > > MM> $ zpool create tank mirror ad4 ad6 > > MM> $ zpool export tank > > MM> $ dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ad4 bs=512 count=1 > > MM> $ dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ad6 bs=512 count=1 > > MM> $ dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ad4 bs=512 skeep=1 seek=1024 > > MM> $ dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ad6 bs=512 skeep=1 seek=1024 > > > > s/skeep/skip/ ? ;-) > > What is the reason for copying zfsboot one bit at a time, as opposed > to > > dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ad4 bs=512 count=2
seek=1024 for the second part? and no 'count=1' for it? :-) [Just guessing] Apparently the first block of zfsboot is some form of MBR and the rest is zfs-specific code that goes to magical sector 1024. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
