Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 13:08:49 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting native 4K SSD disk from FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <EE535C3F-6843-49A3-B4DD-38F8BF085353@me.com> In-Reply-To: <0ffdf8a5-b6ad-ab74-9011-c471a96dbf25@freebsd.org> References: <10608d2a-4209-25c1-4117-8568993bfe6a@selasky.org> <ca1e0494-2c6a-53c5-1d53-215acddf3479@freebsd.org> <20171004093341.C969913E77@mx1.scaleengine.net> <0ffdf8a5-b6ad-ab74-9011-c471a96dbf25@freebsd.org>
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With r325310, the UEFI boot with CURRENT should be ok with >512B = sectors. The BIOS part is still work in the process. rgds, toomas > On 4 Oct 2017, at 19:32, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > On 2017-10-04 05:27, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> from Allan Jude: >>=20 >>>> Anyone has any recommendations or experience about how to use = native 4K >>>> disks with FreeBSD? >>=20 >>>> --HPS >>=20 >>> It is not possible in legacy/BIOS mode, because the BIOS calls do = not >>> let you specify a sector size. >>=20 >>> However, you SHOULD be able to boot from the 4k device using UEFI. >>> I am trying to debug a problem I am having with this on my new Mac, >>> which has a 4k NVMe disk. >>=20 >> I've been trying to figure how to boot a FreeBSD system with UEFI as = opposed to BIOS-style. >>=20 >> I read the documentation, but want to boot a partition that might not = be the first BSD partition on the hard disk. >>=20 >> For instance, some UFS partitions might have a NetBSD installation, a = different FreeBSD installation, or no OS installation. >>=20 >> I read the man page (uefi) and looked at the files in /boot; have an = EFI partition set up with more than enough space. >>=20 >> I would also want to be able to boot other UEFI-capable OSes = including Linux, NetBSD (if that works), and Haiku when and if possible.=20= >>=20 >> Tom >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >=20 > In this case, You likely want to install a tool like rEFInd, which = will > draw a menu of all of the installed OSes and let you pick. >=20 > I use this in two of my laptops, one dual boots freebsd and windows, = and > the other OS X and FreeBSD on my macbook pro >=20 > --=20 > Allan Jude > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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