Bug 129762 - sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards
Summary: sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boards
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody)
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Reported: 2008-12-19 14:50 UTC by IsaacLevy
Modified: 2015-11-10 09:12 UTC (History)
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Description IsaacLevy 2008-12-19 14:50:01 UTC 
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).

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.
How-To-Repeat: Try to install FreeBSD on an EFI board, and get sysinstall to boot off the GPT partition.
Comment 1 Gavin Atkinson freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-07-13 14:36:43 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall

Over to maintainer(s)
Comment 2 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:07:25 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.
Comment 3 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:12:08 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.