From nobody Thu Mar 17 13:19:38 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@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 13A2B1A33CE0 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from colo1.denninger.net (colo1.denninger.net [104.236.120.189]) (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 mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KK7641VgQz54Nt for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from denninger.net (097-081-026-048.res.spectrum.com [97.81.26.48]) by colo1.denninger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9409211082 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:19:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.10.25] (D15.Denninger.Net [192.168.10.25]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by denninger.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 79300496569 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:19:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <68449cab-c5d7-47ff-99e1-d0e6963374d0@denninger.net> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:19:38 -0400 List-Id: Filesystems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-fs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.7.0 Content-Language: en-US To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org From: Karl Denninger Subject: Hybrid partition tables -- can gpart make them? Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha-512; boundary="------------ms050502050403000901070905" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4KK7641VgQz54Nt X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=denninger.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of karl@denninger.net designates 104.236.120.189 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=karl@denninger.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.89 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:c]; HAS_ATTACHMENT(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[denninger.net,none]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14061, ipnet:104.236.64.0/18, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:+,3:~,4:~]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[97.81.26.48:received]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.990]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[karl]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; SIGNED_SMIME(-2.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-fs@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-fs] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms050502050403000901070905 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------VtiOKTH1Cn9N0RnPTF1M680z" --------------VtiOKTH1Cn9N0RnPTF1M680z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit First, the "why" -- I wish to have *two* OS partitions, a data partition and a config partition under NanoBSD on a Pi3 or 4. Both boot using EFI and the "3", at least, appears to refuse to do so off a GPT-labeled disk.  This means I need *five* slices and MBR can only do 4. I attempted to have one slice be "Freebsd" with the two OS partitions inside it, which would work *except* it doesn't because I can't set "bootme" on those; the EFI loader always finds the first usable UFS partition and boots it.  I need to be able to toggle that to boot the *second* partition. I've replaced boot1.efi (quite some time ago) with loader_lua.efi in the EFI partition.  This works, but there does not appear to be a way to tell it that I want it to default to something other than the first bootable partition it finds. The intent is to enable the capability to upgrade the OS without having to wipe/reload the card the unit boots from, then set the other partition as the  "next boot."  This works quite nicely with nanoBSD generally for MBR-bootable devices (and I use it with the pcEngines boards), but doesn't on the Pi due to requiring the EFI partition which means I run out of slots, never mind that the loader will still find and boot the first one. -- Karl Denninger karl@denninger.net /The Market Ticker/ /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ --------------VtiOKTH1Cn9N0RnPTF1M680z Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

First, the "why" -- I wish to have *two* OS partitions, a data partition and a config partition under NanoBSD on a Pi3 or 4.  Both boot using EFI and the "3", at least, appears to refuse to do so off a GPT-labeled disk.  This means I need *five* slices and MBR can only do 4.

I attempted to have one slice be "Freebsd" with the two OS partitions inside it, which would work *except* it doesn't because I can't set "bootme" on those; the EFI loader always finds the first usable UFS partition and boots it.  I need to be able to toggle that to boot the *second* partition.

I've replaced boot1.efi (quite some time ago) with loader_lua.efi in the EFI partition.  This works, but there does not appear to be a way to tell it that I want it to default to something other than the first bootable partition it finds.

The intent is to enable the capability to upgrade the OS without having to wipe/reload the card the unit boots from, then set the other partition as the  "next boot."  This works quite nicely with nanoBSD generally for MBR-bootable devices (and I use it with the pcEngines boards), but doesn't on the Pi due to requiring the EFI partition which means I run out of slots, never mind that the loader will still find and boot the first one.

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Karl Denninger
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