Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:06:22 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EFI ? Message-ID: <200409131306.22635.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <41459D6B.1080100@esiee.fr> References: <41459D6B.1080100@esiee.fr>
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On Monday 13 September 2004 09:15 am, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Hello > > First of all : I am totally new in IA64 world ... > We have a machine that sleep into an office > which is a HP RX2600 server. > > I have tested it with two CDROMs 5.2.1 and 5.3 BETA4 > the machine bootup with success. > Entering into the disk partition editor I notice that > some partitions are labeled "EFI". > > Before erasing all previous data I would like to know > a little bit more with EFI. > > Anyone could give some infos/links about this ? > > Thanks in advance. You should be able to find info about it via google. Basically, it is the firmware (kind of like BIOS on x86, except better; somewhat like SRM on Alpha and OpenFirmware on powerpc/sparc) that performs the initial bootstrap and loads the operating system. You must have an EFI partition to boot, though the 5.3-BETA sysinstall might create one for you if you delete it. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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