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ZFSBOOT(8) System Manager's Manual ZFSBOOT(8) NAME zfsboot -- bootcode for ZFS on BIOS-based computers DESCRIPTION zfsboot is used on BIOS-based computers to boot from a filesystem in a ZFS pool. zfsboot is installed in two parts on a disk or a partition used by a ZFS pool. The first part, a single-sector starter boot block, is installed at the beginning of the disk or partition. The second part, a main boot block, is installed at a special offset within the disk or partition. Both areas are reserved by the ZFS on-disk specification for boot use. If zfsboot is installed in a partition, then that partition should be made bootable using appropriate configu- ration and boot blocks described in boot(8). BOOTING The zfsboot boot process is very similar to that of gptzfsboot(8). One significant difference is that zfsboot does not currently support the GPT partitioning scheme. Thus only whole disks and MBR partitions, traditionally referred to as slices, are probed for ZFS disk labels. See the BUGS section in gptzfsboot(8) for some limitations of the MBR scheme support. USAGE zfsboot supports all the same prompt and configuration file arguments as gptzfsboot(8). FILES /boot/zfsboot boot code binary /boot.config parameters for the boot block (optional) /boot/config alternative parameters for the boot block (optional) EXAMPLES zfsboot is typically installed using dd(1). To install zfsboot on the ada0 drive: dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0 count=1 dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0 iseek=1 oseek=1024 If the drive is currently in use, the GEOM safety will prevent writes and must be disabled before running the above commands: sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=0x10 zfsboot can also be installed in an MBR slice: gpart create -s mbr ada0 gpart add -t freebsd ada0 gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0 gpart set -a active -i 1 ada0 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ada0s1 count=2 dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s1 count=1 dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s1 iseek=1 oseek=1024 Note that commands to create and populate a pool are not shown in the example above. SEE ALSO dd(1), boot.config(5), boot(8), gptzfsboot(8), loader(8), zpool(8) HISTORY zfsboot appeared in FreeBSD 7.3. AUTHORS This manual page was written by Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>. BUGS Installing zfsboot with dd(1) is a hack. ZFS needs a command to prop- erly install zfsboot onto a ZFS-controlled disk or partition. FreeBSD 13.2 March 27, 2018 ZFSBOOT(8)
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