CFR: backup GPT header support in pmbr and loader(8) (Re: Handbook mirroring section)

[Olivier Smedts]

2012/6/14 Andrey V. Elsukov <ae at freebsd.org>:
> Also, our PMBR image doesn't contain any partition entries and
> writing it to the disk with dd(1) makes the system unbootable.
> What you think if we will add one partition entry to the PMBR image?
> I modified your patch (the last hunk added) and it is attached.

Isn't it gpart(8)'s job to write the proper boot code from the pmbr
image without damaging the partition table ?

ie. "gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0" instead of using dd.


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