[Bug 226714] zfsboot(8) erroneously suggests creating a BSD label

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=226714

--- Comment #31 from Eugene Grosbein <eugen at freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to vas from comment #30)

> Setting the active slice is not strictly necessary, the Boot Manager
> will do it for you anyway.
>
> However there are BIOSes that won't even try to load the Boot Manager
> from a disk having no active slice saying "No operating system found."
> To be on the safe side, we should always set the active slice.

You are not creating an encyclopedia for IBM PC compatibles but ZFS-centric
article :-)

The shorter, the easier to read. Brevity is the soul of wit. I suggest removing
both paragraphs completely as they discuss something unrelated to ZFS and
FreeBSD.

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