Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:59:26 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: =?utf-8?q?G=EF=BF=BDt_Andr=EF=BF=BDs?= <andrej@antiszoc.hu>, Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com>, Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> Subject: Re: branch 9 and uefi Message-ID: <201207201159.26456.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <B3.CB.05404.023E8005@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <B3.CB.05404.023E8005@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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Hi, let me make it very short. UEFI worked for me during my first installation on a UEFI machine. I moved then to 10 and still have no problems. So, if you really fail, install CURRENT and it will work. Of course you are not running then a release system with all the consequences. Erich On Friday 20 July 2012 11:48:32 Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs>: > > > It took me by surprise. The mobo I have on my mind for > > new desktop has uefi instead of bios. It is asus m5a97, > > with 970 chipset, well priced among users on the net. > > How would it behave with 9.1? After all reading, I plan > > to boot it as memory stick and go with simple "guided" > > install. Someone could comment on the topic? > > At the moment, I see I have to avoid manual partition > > and mbr. Or not? > > If it sounds bad, any other option for motherboard and > > amd 8120 cpu? > > G�t Andrفs <andrej@antiszoc.hu> responded: > > > I had a hard time booting FreeBSD 8.2 on an IBM X3550M3 which is also > > an UEFI maniac one. I could only boot FreeBSD from an USB DVD and > > install it from there. Maybe some legacy fallback boot options are > > availabe for this mobo. I think they have its user manual on their > > website. > > I installed FreeBSD last summer (2011) on a UEFI system, beginning with 9.0-BETA1 after having big problems with NetBSD. > > My hard drive is Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB, practically forcing me to use GPT as opposed to MBR. > > I was able to boot, and remain able to boot using System Rescue CD (sysresccd.org) and selecting the Super Grub Disk from menus. > > Then I can boot as described in /usr/ports/sysutils/grub2 , which is where I got that information. > > You don't say how big your hard drive is, and if you want to run any OS besides FreeBSD. > > You can go into the guided installer to see what it wants to do but are better off selecting partition sizes outside the guided installer. > > bsdinstall's boot partition is useful if you run FreeBSD as the only OS on the hard disk, as I have done successfully installing FreeBSD to a USB stick. > > I was able to boot the FreeBSD installer USB stick using the memstick image, and am able to boot the USB-stick FreeBSD installations I've created. > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >help
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