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Date:      Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:09:23 -0500
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Yasuhiro Kimura <yasu@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup
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I would assume just rename the bootx64.old to bootx64.efi

and/or put it in a different directory that EFI can see

On 08/12/2022 3:03 pm, Nuno Teixeira wrote:

> I'm searching without success to load a bkp loader in case of boot 
> failure.
> 
> Upgrade process willl be like:
> ---
> mount -t msdosfs /dev/nvd0p1 /mnt
> cp /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.old
> cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
> ---
> 
> I can't find the right docs to load bootx64.old.
> Could you tell me what you did to solve your boot?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yasuhiro Kimura <yasu@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia sexta, 12/08/2022 
> à(s) 18:45:
> 
>> From: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
>> Subject: Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup
>> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:26:11 +0100
>> 
>>> Hello Yasu,
>>> 
>>> Does it needes to update boot loader everytime that we upgrade 
>>> current?
>> 
>> No, you need not.
>> 
>>> The only time that I updated was a month ago because of zfs upgrade 
>>> and I need to practice how to boot
>>> loader bkp file :)
>> 
>> I update boot loader everytime because I'd like to do it :-).
>> And sometimes problem hits upon me like this time and I contribute to
>> debugging base system :-):-).
>> 
>> ---
>> Yasuhiro Kimura
> 
> --
> 
> Nuno Teixeira
> FreeBSD Committer (ports)

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<p>I would assume just rename the bootx64.old to bootx64.efi</p>
<p>and/or put it in a different directory that EFI can see&nbsp;</p>
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<p id=3D"reply-intro">On 08/12/2022 3:03 pm, Nuno Teixeira wrote:</p>
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<div>I'm searching without success to load a bkp loader in case of boot fai=
lure.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Upgrade process willl be like:</div>
<div>---<br />mount -t msdosfs /dev/nvd0p1 /mnt<br />cp /mnt/efi/boot/bootx=
64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.old<br />cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/boo=
tx64.efi<br />---</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I can't find the right docs to load bootx64.old.</div>
<div>Could you tell me what you did to solve your boot?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Thanks</div>
</div>
<br />
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<div class=3D"v1gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">Yasuhiro Kimura &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:yasu@freebsd.org" rel=3D"noreferrer">yasu@freebsd.org</a>&gt; escreveu n=
o dia sexta, 12/08/2022 &agrave;(s) 18:45:</div>
<blockquote class=3D"v1gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; bor=
der-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">From: Nuno Teixeira &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:eduardo@freebsd.org" rel=3D"noreferrer">eduardo@freebsd.org=
</a>&gt;<br />Subject: Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup<=
br />Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:26:11 +0100<br /><br />&gt; Hello Yasu,<br /=
>&gt; <br />&gt; Does it needes to update boot loader everytime that we upg=
rade current?<br /><br />No, you need not.<br /><br />&gt; The only time th=
at I updated was a month ago because of zfs upgrade and I need to practice =
how to boot<br />&gt; loader bkp file :)<br /><br />I update boot loader ev=
erytime because I'd like to do it :-).<br />And sometimes problem hits upon=
 me like this time and I contribute to<br />debugging base system :-):-).<b=
r /><br />---<br />Yasuhiro Kimura<br /><br /></blockquote>
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