Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 13:13:31 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com> Cc: Mailinglists FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 847, Issue 5 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vBDZFVBP8_EsHei0wn=_JPkVrM6jf5kV1yByLzYMwCxQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMPTd_B98D_b9rSOr4KCmn2F=6FHT9Mf2e_qibG6mXKV-Z_9QQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.77.1599220803.66049.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <CAMPTd_B98D_b9rSOr4KCmn2F=6FHT9Mf2e_qibG6mXKV-Z_9QQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:25 AM Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 19:52:02 -0700 > > From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> > > To: questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: UEFI dual boot > > Message-ID: > > < > CAN6yY1trVp2Sj2b1XDx1bzL9DDpY+Ap1rns9Dt4e9A6k+gzMCg@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > 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 > > > > > > A clueball: you only need one EFI partition on a system. > The FreeBSD UEFI data goes in a subdirectory on the UEFI partition > (which is DOS FAT partition). IIRC the directory should be named > something like FreeBSD. > To boot FreeBSD, you would tell the UEFI firmware to add FreeBSD to > the boot list by selecting the FreeBSD directory on the EFI partition. > > Another solution would be to use someline Refind to setup a multiboot > loader rather than using Multiple firmware entries. > > A quick Google search shows a gist that talks about this at > > https://gist.github.com/zeising/5d2402d92b4cf421c7402d663b2d9e41#file-gistfile1-txt > > That link documents how to setup and configure at the UEFI level. > > > Walter > Thanks, Walter! That is exactly what I was looking for. Clearly written and the case is exactly like mine... making a new Windows system dual boot FreeBSD. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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