> On 19. Mar 2021, at 09:53, Marcel Telka <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 09:34:01AM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: > > [...snip...] > > Thanks for all those commands and references! > > >> To install on slice, you would need to select GPT partitioning and >> *not* select whole disk setup. However, I have not used OI installer >> for a long time, therefore I can not recall what exactly are on those >> screens:D Also it is very likely, some improvements can be made there >> (like for >2TB disks we should only offer GPT). > > IIRC, this is not possible with Hipster 2020.10 installer.
hm. then it needs to be fixed. > >> Yes, this BIOS does see all 4 disks, therefore I can boot from this >> rpool. We have been able to do this since loader was integrated.. hm, >> log is telling… > > Then it must be just my stupid BIOS that does not allow me to boot from > NVMe when I try legacy BIOS boot :-(. > this is often the case, same with vmware fusion VM; also, if the device is having 4kn (4k logical/physical) sector size, then it is quite probable, the BIOS will not allow booting from it, and our pmbr.s code does not support 4kn either - without actual test system, I see no point:) from practical point of view, NVMe boot is possible with UEFI. rgds, toomas _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
