Hi Guys thanks,
with uefi disabled it does boot. however the gpart bootcode -p /boot/boot1.efifat returns invalid argument.
zpol status shows both pools as expected.. the boot device is right.. however my main storage pool now requires upgrades.. lol terrified to upgrade that pool as it contains a lot of data..
gpart list
Geom name: da0
modified false
state ok
fwheads 255
fwsectors 63
last 208715200
first 40
entries 152
scheme gpt
providers
name da0p1
mediasizee 200M
sector 512
stripesize 4096
stripeoffset 0
mode r0w0e0
efimedia HD (1, GPT, some hash)
rawtype (some hash)
raw id: (some hash)
lable efiboot0
length 209715200
offset 20480
type efi
index 1
end 409639
start 40
name da0p2
mediasize 512k
sector 512
stripe offset 0
mode r0w0e0
efimedia HD (2, GPT, some hash)
rawtype (some hash)
raw id: (some hash)
lable efiboot0
length 209715200
offset 20480
type efi
index 1
end 410663
start 409640
name da0p3
mediasizee 2G
sector 512
stripesize 4096
stripeoffset 0
mode r0w0e0
efimedia HD (3, GPT, some hash)
rawtype (some hash)
raw id: (some hash)
lable efiboot0
length 209715200
offset 20480
type freebsd-swap
index 1
end 1605951
start 4116458
name da0p4
mediasizee 110G
sector 512
stripesize 4096
stripeoffset 0
mode r0w0e0
efimedia HD (1, GPT, some hash)
rawtype (some hash)
raw id: (some hash)
lable zfs0
length 209715200
offset 20480
type freebsd-zfs
index 1
end 409639
start 40
consumers
name da0
mesdia size 112G
secttors
stripsize
stripeoffset
mode r1w1e2
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there are a bunch of rust devices after this device
not sure if it makes a difference..
ls -la /boot | grep boot
boot dec13
boot0 june21
boot0sio june21
boot1 june21
boot1.efi dec13
boot1.efifat dec13
boot2 dec13
guessing these are back ups and the initial install ?
thanks again for the help.