From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Mar 16 22:23:11 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2D52719C3; Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:23:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48h9mZ1thMz4Rbw; Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:23:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 02GMNC2U049755 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:23:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) X-Mailer: Cypht MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Chris Reply-To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com To: freebsd-stable , freebsd-current Subject: what 3rd party boot mgr is required to boot multiple freebsd versions? Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:23:18 -0700 Message-Id: <89828bad8ceede6e2377dde200d98a98@udns.ultimatedns.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48h9mZ1thMz4Rbw X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bsd-lists@BSDforge.com has no SPF policy when checking 24.113.41.81) smtp.mailfrom=bsd-lists@BSDforge.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.04 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[bsd-lists@BSDforge.com]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[BSDforge.com]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.95)[0.947,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.30)[ip: (-0.47), ipnet: 24.113.0.0/16(-0.23), asn: 11404(-0.75), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.48)[0.479,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:23:11 -0000 I'm attempting to boot multiple versions of FreeBSD=2E I started with an install of older 11 with a (u)efi boot partition installed=2E I then grabbed an current 11 usbstick, and installed that=2E Which stated it needed to install a (u)efi boot partition=2E I let it do it=2E But the new (additional) install doesn't show up at boot=2E Altho my UEFI BIOS sees it=2E I guess there are just too many uefi bios versions, and too many changes in the FreeBSD uefi boot code to expect consistent results over the long haul=2E Should I just convert the 1st efi (GPT) boot partition to a PMBR, and delete the second efi partition=2E Or is there a recommended bootmanager I can use to boot multiple versions of FreeBSD? Windows? Thank you! --Chris