From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 17:22:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FEF3DC4 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:22:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40A623E2 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B5EE38056; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:22:25 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id JCzkYX4E1hLA; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:22:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (polaris.tachypleus.net [75.101.50.44]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1EA1838052; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:22:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <53C16ED0.2000604@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:22:24 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anders Bolt-Evensen , huanghwh@gmail.com Subject: Re: uefi boot on Apple Mac References: <537DFD85.1090903@icloud.com> <53C10945.4020003@icloud.com> In-Reply-To: <53C10945.4020003@icloud.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:22:32 -0000 I'd point out that, as of last week, the standard -CURRENT ISOs (and generate-release.sh script) make EFI-bootable media by default. All the snapshots should have this done already, for instance. -Nathan On 07/12/14 03:09, Anders Bolt-Evensen wrote: > I also got a message like that when I booted from a USB stick on a > MacBookPro8,3 (17 inch, late 2011). > > I fixed it by creating a custom ISO image and burned that onto a DVD > using an external DVD drive. > The UEFI installer boots fine from this external DVD drive. > > Here is how I did it: > > Genereste an ISO with the FreeBSD-CURRENT kernel, mount the ISO and > copy all files from the root directory in the ISO and unmount > > cd /usr/src/release > > sh ./generate-release.sh # You may have to run “make buildworld” > and be connected to the internet to install required ports. > > mount -t cd9660 /scratch/R/release/FreeBSD-something-disc1.iso /mnt > > mkdir freebsd_generic_installer > #Files copied to the directory in the next command will be copied > to a new ISO in step 3 > > cp -R /mnt/ freebsd_generic_installer/ > > umount /mnt > 2. Create a FAT filesystem image and place the loader in it in the > default path that UEFI will look for (the following steps are copied > from https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI#CD.2FDVD_Boot_under_UEFI): > > dd if=/dev/zero of=efiboot.img bs=4k count=100 > > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f efiboot.img > > newfs_msdos -F 12 -m 0xf8 /dev/md0 > > mount -t msdosfs /dev/md0 /mnt > > mkdir -p /mnt/efi/boot > > cp loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi > > umount /mnt > > mdconfig -d -u 0 > > 3. Create the custom ISO image. Please make sure that the entry in > freebsd_generic_installer/etc/fstab matches the label you choose in > the command below. > > makefs -t cd9660 -o bootimage='i386;efiboot.img' -o no-emul-boot > -o rockridge -o label=“FREEBSD_UEFI_INSTALL" -o publisher="test" > uefi-test.iso freebsd_generic_installer/ > > To get the example in the command above to work, please make sure that > the entry in freebsd_generic_installer/etc/fstab reads > "/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_UEFI_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0" > > 4. Burn the image to DVD, reboot your system and choose “EFI Boot”. > Note that unless you are using a EFI console like rEFIt or rEFInd, you > may have to kind of wait a couple of minutes while the kernel is > loading before anything appears on the screen. > > > On 04/07/14 16:34, Huang Wen Hui wrote: >> Hi, >> On my MacbookPro11,3, I got this error message: >> >> http://sw.gddsn.org.cn/freebsd/uefi.jpg >> >> cheers, >> >> Huang WenHui >> >> 2014-07-04 22:13 GMT+08:00 Ed Maste : >> >>> On 24 May 2014 19:39, Rafael Espíndola >>> wrote: >>>> Yes, I got that in the mac laptops I tried, it worked on a Mac Pro. It >>>> might be the frame buffer corruption that Ed Maste was mentioning. >>> I purchased a new MacBook Air yesterday (model identifier >>> MacBookAir6,2). UEFI boot and vt(4) worked correctly. (My image >>> included Rafael's patch; I haven't tried a boot without.) >>> >>> I also committed a change to display the framebuffer parameters >>> (address, dimensions, etc.) on boot, in order to help identify the >>> source of this issue. If you have a moment can you build a new USB >>> stick image and give it a try? >>> >>> -Ed >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >