freebsd-boot partition

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Niatross

Strange question, but I'm compelled to ask.

Do most people leave the "freebsd-boot" partition "as-is", with no file system?

I don't have a file system on mine. It's just a 512K partition that contains gptboot code on my system.

I was curious if anybody has used it for purposes other than gptboot code.
 
A filesystem on it would overwrite the bootcode. Unless you just used the empty part past the bootcode... in which case, you've just reinvented either a filesystem or a new partition or both.

Remember, that empty space is less than half a megabyte. There are useless files floating around in /usr that are taking up a lot more space.
 
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