From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Apr 11 16:04:34 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACBA9F9FE77 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:04:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rysto32@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x22d.google.com (mail-qt0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52C8979234; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:04:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rysto32@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id p9so151634qtn.0; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:04:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=mZ317I1z7cZdGsIzXu3pblgWA2qq+jtOxdoI+EbWPdo=; b=Rum+vCrotArBK220JU7eTQuoN4ewYm1ix0U5KWcsP6JQv5VTlwbEG7wKD09ogSm6hK 4Bn2IFYBfhc9k38mnvzNtejxmAoZImWPMCu79xdSqdSWv1m4eCYmjdu8L07ZwQcxt8S5 B7vMR1Ye0AAO7fHEP+EQlfDIdMxOcsg2GHgOE7boVrN/RRsl0GGTxUXr6u6JPR3DCtv2 L3WQf5XEN8bHHOm9/X6R4nBa3O+6BPZzdPRkI4PhYGnTZ5n8F9qrELWyCCtDIkLh7J4o hBL1Bc5aOHZzrvCBv4AV4tnXqb8fV0X9iZqiHdEqa8UAt/uKJlsByqxa0k+juDDV/6in wBFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=mZ317I1z7cZdGsIzXu3pblgWA2qq+jtOxdoI+EbWPdo=; b=SoFb5FC+1j42CeXHadKlnhFb1Vql/EIA7ndyvhZ3+04nCI3PSSC/381KvECUHIjcqu 9glDDPc4UZFktSXOuqJOxTR0REOmsIyDJg2qT15l67xkIYvkuUp4l9tGuj7uJ4fe00LX e/2N0U8b0CFrjwePccgiqD4nqOfyr36xk56y5xfR4WEVmkWtBvKPbUL8s3P3kU4tpTFq sqb6ZKkphXWMF2kj2o0zPg03lK8+zVSTgk6dmqdpoxDFlZHlc25Pszj6M5QJFMa9MBsO BmyDTd7lfQ9Ve20znPRU+6t/P+Kp4rU72L45dZA0lP0cI6/kyeNAdw/yvIqH7nndFND0 TFmg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCJf/Fk/WDXZBKg2LiGwgxkzxWov8PktnUf866XN0AKUuiAHBb5 FqeniYvlLWydvT394i/O53plHyEvhEv+U7jLPwQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/GlYeI/jgXh4urVlST4LoJD3jUCicgfjA5Ig85rLfFlopoJPshmMogPf3JnTJtk4i81zaOi2F4LbdbICVfL1A= X-Received: by 10.200.64.70 with SMTP id j6mr8267310qtl.321.1523462673551; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:04:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.81.207 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:04:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4730997e-bd13-b87f-276f-875a06a26383@FreeBSD.org> References: <4730997e-bd13-b87f-276f-875a06a26383@FreeBSD.org> From: Ryan Stone Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:04:33 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: CloverEFIBoot (was Re: Call for Testing: UEFI Changes) To: Pedro Giffuni Cc: FreeBSD Current Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 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: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:04:34 -0000 On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hi; > > FWIW, I use a very old PC of the type where the processor will not be fixed > by Intel and that still needs support for the traditional BIOS. I also > bought a 3TB HD (they were easier to find that 2T). > > If I leave the disk dedicated to FreeBSD it recognizes the complete 3TB and > will happily use ZFS for everything, however I want to dual boot so after > lots of testing I ended up ignoring 1 TB of HD :(. > > It does happen that there is a really nice boot loader that could have saved > the day but it is very difficult to install standalone: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot > > Just in case someone has the time and inclination to play with it :) > > Pedro. Is the issue due to using MBR partitioning? FreeBSD supports booting from a GPT partition from a traditional BIOS; you don't need EFI. Is this machine so old that its BIOS doesn't support booting from GPT?