Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:19:40 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lenovo BIOS boot fix Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=ofDKa5cUsEQh%2B=9CzOPN80yEQQL2meGRcZDW3Qeq2wQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55A3DF26.5020602@freebsd.org> References: <55A1FFD5.7080008@freebsd.org> <55A2030B.7010405@freebsd.org> <55A2835F.1030004@yandex.ru> <55A2ACDD.408@freebsd.org> <55A36FBE.1020206@beastielabs.net> <55A3D01E.40102@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507130915250.56039@wonkity.com> <55A3DF26.5020602@freebsd.org>
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I'm really confused. Why is the active flag not set again? I thought that was the whole point of the active flag in the partition table. -a On 13 July 2015 at 08:54, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2015-07-13 11:19, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>> >>> Needing the active flag set is indeed a different problem. I am working >>> on a patch for bsdinstall that will allow the user to request the active >>> bit be set as well. >> >> >> For GPT, that should be the default, because it matches the standard. >> >> I would like to see an effort to get Lenovo to fix their broken >> UEFI/BIOS. Adding non-standard PMBR configurations should be short-term >> hack. > > > Lenovo has fixed the issue in newer models, x230, t530, t540 etc work fine. > > Just the x220, t420, and t520 etc series do not. > > -- > Allan Jude > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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