Bug 211503
| Summary: | gpart bootcode should have an easier way to specify partition index | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen> |
| Component: | bin | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | New --- | ||
| Severity: | Affects Many People | CC: | adamw, chris, grahamperrin, ler, vsasjason |
| Priority: | --- | ||
| Version: | CURRENT | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264090 | ||
At the very least, the output of `zpool upgrade` should say to replace `-i 1` with the slice number of the freebsd-boot partition. Following the instructions it gives you is a great way to destroy a root-on-zfs EFI system. |
When installing bootcode to a partition, the user needs to find the right partition index. gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 da0 This is tedious and error-prone. The bootcode command should take an alternative parameter that specifies the partition in a more user-friendly way. My first idea is -t <type>, such as gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -t freebsd-boot da0 This would install to the first freebsd-boot partition on da0. Perhaps another option is to use the partition's label, which would be even more user-friendly.