From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Mar 16 22:32:57 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 DF78B2722D2 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:32:57 +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 48h9zr3bkZz3Mmn for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:32:56 +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 02GMX22x050057 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:33:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) X-Mailer: Cypht MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: In-Reply-To: From: Chris Reply-To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com To: Karl Denninger Subject: Re: what 3rd party boot mgr is required to boot multiple freebsd versions? Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:33:08 -0700 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48h9zr3bkZz3Mmn 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 [2.67 / 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_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-0.30)[ip: (-0.47), ipnet: 24.113.0.0/16(-0.23), asn: 11404(-0.75), country: US(-0.05)]; 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(0.96)[0.957,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.11)[0.106,0]; 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-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:32:57 -0000 On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:24:24 -0500 Karl Denninger karl@denninger=2Enet said > On 3/16/2020 17:23, Chris wrote: > > 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 > > > Refind perhaps? Thanks for the reply, Karl! :) I've used that before for FreeBSD/MacOS combos=2E I'll look at it again=2E For the record=2E I'm *only* using FreeBSD in this situation=2E I only mentioned Windows above, for the use of it's boot manager=2E Thanks again! --Chris >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Karl Denninger > karl@denninger=2Enet > /The Market Ticker/ > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/