From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Oct 28 12:17:54 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D5BC217C3 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:17:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [72.12.201.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.wintek.com", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C277EEE for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:17:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by EX-2012.wintek.local (172.28.1.134) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.847.32; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:03:34 -0400 To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" From: Richard Kuhns Subject: Problem installing 11-stable on a Dell 5510, UEFI boot Message-ID: <04760707-874e-e47f-0581-8b69b767f67e@wintek.com> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:02:40 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClientProxiedBy: EX-2012.wintek.local (172.28.1.134) To EX-2012.wintek.local (172.28.1.134) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:17:54 -0000 Hello, I have a nice new Dell Precision 5510 laptop that I ordered preloaded with Ubuntu 14.10, and I'd *really* like to have FreeBSD on it instead. I've put the memstick image on a 2GB USB stick per the instructions on freebsd.org, but when I bring up the boot menu on the 5510 the USB drive isn't offered as a boot device. I've disabled Secure Boot & I made sure that the 5510 is allowed to boot from a USB device. I then decided to build my own image, following the instructions on the wiki: gpart create -s gpt da0 gpart add -t efi -s 800K da0 gpart add -t freebsd-ufs da0 dd if=/boot/boot1.efifat of=/dev/da0p1 newfs -U -L FreeBSD /dev/da0p2 Followed by: mount /dev/da0p2 /mnt make DESTDIR=/mnt installkernel installworld distribution echo "/dev/da0p2 / ufs rw 1 1" >> /mnt/etc/fstab umount /mnt It took a while to install and apparently worked fine, with no errors, but it still didn't show up in the boot menu. I had created an Ubuntu recovery image when I first fired up the 5510 and wrote it to a USB drive, and it shows up in the boot menu. Just for fun I downloaded a Linux Mint 18 XFCE installation ISO that I copied to the USB drive using the same method I used for the FreeBSD memstick image. It shows up on the boot menu & I verified that I can boot it. I'll run Mint with XFCE if I have to, but I'd really prefer FreeBSD. Can anyone offer suggestions as to what I should try next? Thanks! -- Richard Kuhns Wintek Corporation 427 N 6th Street Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541