From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Sep 4 02:52:22 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246D83D3D41 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 02:52:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BjMfF6TCDz4Qcd for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 02:52:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id DE2CB3D3F14; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 02:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF3F3D404E for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 02:52:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oo1-xc30.google.com (mail-oo1-xc30.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c30]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BjMfD4ml4z4QNT for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 02:52:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-oo1-xc30.google.com with SMTP id r6so1282922oon.13 for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:52:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=IpV4DbF7uOGS5LXOjJ3AHkPhqAXMLtKfXVNe0Ly+NYc=; b=tl6iDwt+WRQAPVbu/1s4YEX1odhP4sjTYdol9+mEuBsEblZUjz0JDC9knDa4THKbfm JKdeQ/Ebp+uFgAjNvMsfYxvKooEq/mtCQXyQfG3GIVotXsVG7AyG2pRJmpBQd3Q6rgXQ Trf77+ircTjANJQXc8tNOi4WZMCSpViB9NG1MDSgxt1uQdGART3QGRV3ReqGgy8Z93mD YKklyytRmtj4Aza27NTlkY0pGpE4craU77V4ssfOfFs8RYBcZJgDTucan7iihrFaH70m pqjpmE/VVS6fwg+TfXMCYxc4t0YhvMmiaX1DhZT2xEDtlbfEwcZ3Pc6mvOCXO4Sa4iFw R6kQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=IpV4DbF7uOGS5LXOjJ3AHkPhqAXMLtKfXVNe0Ly+NYc=; b=FhX5wXdBp5NO2qNrawjrAdmNZ9eut6CoG+DtFLu5HiPfyc14SDR3GrWSksTxkia/e+ 00J6F1/5R127EtLY/U3YfuIp4BAruDZqdkDY7tenD50OVRvEcGO0lAReHrjH9/4vqxCc iaIS6USbSeyumWWyhnEUMzXrUxW7AZPrxn3DCATSvJej9P96jLjCiqV8Sfh99AOEiRGF V9X9S7ljAso1px3SXAzj38MVjhe3rgJiIv875vRKFT5G94hPulr7BIKBxfBb7CS8wC5A IRGuAHclaeMBd6FUqCWJiPgZutfr0F4Qo5Thsl0O4fKHDcAvwhFNM+lXaRuvzu+mENAb nmbw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5316Mk74br9sG1+TT6a3NjKsxOr6YveHfx4nYqp3/cg4/B6+l/Cv 11hEZ0WFKL1T6U7lVGniF7/34+Pe5QOOA25wlvmbKJAYrXc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzPG39MJ/t9ny/ZeZc3LYWPdZ8efLznXsXtkVO550oabjxYsaquNYtRdtCDbRnShkX8uLb21XfBiNNCHV9FJVA= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:e75a:: with SMTP id n26mr4175487oov.29.1599187939070; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:52:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Kevin Oberman Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 19:52:02 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: UEFI dual boot To: questions@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BjMfD4ml4z4QNT X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=tl6iDwt+; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kob6558@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::c30 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kob6558@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.64 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.02)[-1.017]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.988]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::c30:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.93)[-0.932]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[rkoberman@gmail.com,kob6558@gmail.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[rkoberman@gmail.com,kob6558@gmail.com]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 02:52:22 -0000 I just received a new laptop, the first to only support UEFI. I have shrunk the Windows partition and used bsdinstall from the memstick to install FreeBSD 12.1. The partitioning went fine, except that there are now to efi partitions, the one previously on the drive for Windows 10 and the one the install created. I now need to learn the magic of configuring boot. I have looked at the wiki tutorial and the efibootmgr(8) man pae, but I am missing something basic. Should I have two efi partitions? If so, how does the system figure out which to use? Into which does the efi loader go? This is further complicated by not having been able to get the network up, so I can't upload my configuration. (This is an unrelated issue as I can't get W10 to connect to my network, either.) Anyway, pointers to useful documentation or a cluebat would be appreciated. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683