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>Right until there is an update or anything and a bootloader or one of its required files gets written past the 8GB barrier, rendering your system unbootable.
by jmclnx 2y ago
>Right until there is an update or anything and a bootloader or one of its required files gets written past the 8GB barrier, rendering your system unbootable.
I do not fully understand this. Can you add specifics ? To me the article indicates he used a small root partition. Or did I miss something ?
A little hint for people (like me) who have a separate partition for /usr, /var, /tmp and /home due to cgd encryption or other reasons. If using wireless, you may need this in /etc/rc.conf to force a mount before daemons kick off. In my case, without this wireless breaks.
critical_filesystems_local="/var /usr /tmp"
- AshamedCaptain 2y ago> To me the article indicates he used a small root partition. Or did I miss something ? The article explicitly says a single full disk partition was used -- it's right on the quote I used. In any case, this is a BIOS limitation affecting all bootloaders from all operating systems. It has nothing to do with any particular BSD or OS, and you do not need to care if your computer is less than 20 years old.
- luke8086 2y agoYeah, you're right, sorry for the confusion! I've just rewritten this part to make it more clear.