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Not 100% sure about loader.efi, but at least boot1.efi would be affected if any read-incompatible feature(s) is/are enabled and active even on data-only pools.
This is because, in boot1.efi, it sniffs the existence of /boot/loader.efi to determine whether the pool is bootable or not.
loader.efi should need to sniff at least pool name(s), whether it's bootable or not by somehow reading the pool(s).

If you're 100% sure there's not at all a plan to have bootable ZFS (means, use UFS for boot throughout the future), and once confirmed it works as wanted, using gptboot.efi would be the way to go.
It does not sniff ZFS pools (not linked against ZFS codes) and (in contrast with boot1.efi) not obsoleted.

As someone who lost data before (multiple times) I went for a overkill solution. 😎

Currently in the works:
- #ZFS Mirror 2 x 4TB SSD
- Directly attached 2TB SSD via a USB adapter (Running backup leveraging #rsync every day)
- Offsite 4TB spinning disk that get's plugged in every week (Also using #rsync here)

#FreeBSD and #ZFS keeps my data safe and a disaster strategy is also in place.

Btw, three different filesystems used (#ZFS, #EXT4, #UFS) :freebsd:

Better safe than sorry I'd say! 😉

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Took the next step also upgrading my router/firewall VM to #FreeBSD 14.1. This was the typical multi-reboot dance

# make installkernel
# shutdown -r now
# etcupdate -p
# make BATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES=yes installworld delete-old
# shutdown -r now
# etcupdate
# pkg upgrade -f
# pkg autoremove
# make BATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES=yes delete-old-libs
# shutdown -r now

... because it's on #UFS. But of course, I took a #ZFS snapshot of the virtual disk first 😎

If you are a #Canadian in the market for #cards for your #gaming may I humbly suggest checking out redriotgames.ca/ ? They're a store in #Mississauga that specializes in #FleshAndBlood #MagicTheGathering and possibly #UVS / #UFS but don't quote me on that. @RyanChartier would know better than I, since he's part of the team running it. They aim to support the local trading card community in #YYZ (but they do sell int'lly).

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