Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 263322] Explain when and why to upgrade the bootloader Message-ID: <bug-263322-9-XW61quBdqJ@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-263322-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-263322-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D263322 Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |needs-patch Status|New |Open CC| |grahamperrin@freebsd.org, | |imp@FreeBSD.org Flags| |maintainer-feedback?(imp@Fr | |eeBSD.org) --- Comment #1 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> --- Some starting points.=20 <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#updating-bootcode= >:=20 * is too late in the chapter * offers no precaution with regard to use of gpart (and damage that=20 may ensue).=20 Compare with <https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/#boot>:=20 > =E2=80=A6 To update old ESP partitions, users should stop using the gpart= (8)=20 > utility. Instead, =E2=80=A6 There, the paragraph continues with an architecture-specific example that includes:=20 /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi loader.efi(8) <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dloader.efi&sektion=3D8&manpath= =3DFreeBSD> includes a more generic (XXX) mention of:=20 /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2021-July/000331.html> = =E2=80=93 from Warner Losh, re: 'EFI boot partition overwritten' =E2=80=93 included m= emorably neat guidance. Elsewhere, probably in an official area, I might have seen more recent, comparably neat guidance, which (also) takes into account the file system of the EFI system partition _mounted by default_ (no need to use mount_msdosfs) with more modern systems. However: * I struggle to remember where this write-up might have been =E2=80=93 imp@ please, does it ring a bell, any idea where? (I already tried searching Foundation pages, grepping doc and src =E2=80=A6) TIA --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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