From nobody Thu Dec 29 18:08:16 2022 X-Original-To: doc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Njbwd0109z2kpsh for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Njbwc5htcz3FXQ for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1672337296; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=2iNcUcCOJa50Rg5elxy7LAzxqCO3ZYAs+2gHkAVte18=; b=tvHKtZ3xmTOzQ+uBTZeU7feOFhHtFqxXsYmbgBx1McGp2wuV0YPbN9raxdO/unTmhoTivk WW8G2H1c4H9Zh2t6QoZa+WTM+Y5Qh0q1eT7JMRGSqTWNC82b79qf7iocH8/KAudR3n+uAh nvjCcfK08u0z71a58VVNovfAKbRFe9yDrcya7FWMltKZb+Y63FmiYQYV36d/WKmWEsKwC6 WkadQ3RU0k1MiC71U2atH/NinczdoY1gn+qXYdxuG/NR/gjYAWBhNdLAHgwpN1w0iTwrQd sIEg16obQTLDL+FfAP8E0HZ6G2mAc+65iubR6FtkHhfmbqnsTrowVSkeOYBKvA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1672337296; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=AB1XFEDk2Xk94tOR3ADZsI7UotIbCbkS1727IM5xSsCA/xaUtOqJJXU2+AUuHl26O9HmBE RSZed9QvhikcLUqdFXevDnsNc5y1ITARgqstP5KaU4na2KSPnEb4MCVyvSilCbBdWYqgpM OIT2mv+T9Q5rPYvT6F3keKtDzVf1J61nzjgf+6K5V0MWhyOZnth5i+hQPPQkFsIGbKMJmi fLI7YbUu+D5D6JzmlA/wVY7rCH4bNnFYi5YO6OsRj11brzdu4JJzRlIu8GC+3YKDYGUkTO SpDl9xsdJny35c4ti/a5n3KxMS6zyOjjQZGki551R1DaI2wOrZqd517tJsWxGQ== Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Njbwc4lgWzdnk for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 2BTI8G3K053274 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 2BTI8Gtk053273 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 263322] Explain when and why to upgrade the bootloader Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:08:16 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Documentation X-Bugzilla-Component: Books & Articles X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: needs-patch X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: grahamperrin@freebsd.org X-Bugzilla-Status: Open X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: doc@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: maintainer-feedback? X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: keywords bug_status cc flagtypes.name Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Documentation project List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D263322 Graham Perrin 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 --- Some starting points.=20 :=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 :=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) includes a more generic (XXX) mention of:=20 /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi = =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.=