Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 19:31:12 +0200 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UEFI dual boot zfs root Message-ID: <CAOc73CCMX9ZPBj_93p%2BGMD7=Be8w9hYDQ2-QYKAsrk0jV6MiWw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605171046050.87396@wonkity.com> References: <CAPS9%2BSvebRQLO73N8PTNtLVJfAW0kxKu3Nqmt6pmxN-f9a-ywg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605171046050.87396@wonkity.com>
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On Tuesday, 17 May 2016, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2016, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > Hello, >> >> I'm trying to install current on my lenovo x1 yoga ( and keeping it dual >> boot for now). >> >> I have a fair amount of disk free after resizing. I can't seem to workout >> how to do the partitioning. Do I only need the freebsd-zfs partition ( >> assuming no/zvol-swap? >> > > I would think, but have not tested ZFS with UEFI. > > Do I manually copy boot1.efi to the existing EFI partition? >> > > Yes. Mount the EFI partition with msdosfs, then copy boot1.efi to > /EFI/BOOT/. Then comes the tricky part, getting the UEFI firmware to add > that as a boot option. In a Dell UEFI system, it could be added to the > boot options, and the firmware has the user select the file from the EFI > partition for that option. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Indeed, just 4 days ago I installed a recent snapshot of FreeBSD 11 current, with root on ZFS and UEFI. I had to do 2 steps manually, as they were not supported by the installer as an auto option: 1. The auto root on ZFS settings don't let you use a partition or spare space... You must give it a full disk. But because I was dual booting Windows I chose manual partitioning, dropped to a shell and setup the zpool and zfs datasets manually, with altroot=/mnt. Rather than follow one of the outdated wiki manuals, I used them as a general guide, but read the bsdinstall auto shell script to set it up with the same datasets and properties. 2. After the install had completed, I had to mount my efi partition as msdosfs and copy the boot1.efi to it. For me, I have installed the rEFInd boot loader, so I just copy the file into /EFI/Boot/ and it shows up in the menu upon boot. http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ The FreeBSD EFI loading of a ZFS file system works great! Cheers, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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