Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:34:57 +0500 From: "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI) Message-ID: <58577F91.2000406@norma.perm.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAMwkeZznenmN1RkUaKZ7i12F0FA185ZH%2BcHPXUp56S8j3SrubQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi. On 16.12.2016 22:08, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > I am reading uefi(8) and it looks like FreeBSD 11 should be able to boot > using UEFI straight into ZFS, so I am thinking of converting that > freebsd-boot partition to an EFI partition, creating a FAT filesystem and > copying /boot/boot.efi there. > > How good of an idea is that? Would it really be that simple or am I missing > something? My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, > everything is working fine otherwise. > I tried the UEFI boot sequence on a Supermicro server. It boots only manually, gives some cryptic error while booting automatically. When entering the path to the EFI loader in a appearing prompt - it boots fine, but this kills the idea. I've written a message here about this, so far nobody answered (August, 14th, "FreeBSD doesn't boot automatically from UEFI"). Now it runs on gptzfsboot again, so .... Eugene.home | help
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