Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 15:55:19 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: EFI booting from external USB pen drive Message-ID: <CANCZdfqYauHBkwNEmrh1ZSwCM2r1q1w_vuDXzZNDRzRsxf_oLA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6889B6B2-A102-4832-9319-124CEE081784@lists.zabbadoz.net> References: <201807051818.w65II3mw048904@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <6889B6B2-A102-4832-9319-124CEE081784@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb < bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: > On 5 Jul 2018, at 18:18, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] >> >>> On 5 Jul 2018, at 17:19, Warner Losh wrote: >>> >>> FAT12 isn't good for UEFI. Use FAT16 or FAT32. >>>> >>> >>> We use it for the default image we built and the wiki suggests it as >>> well at https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI#CD.2FDVD_Boot_under_UEFI >>> >> >> IIRC FreeBSD recently cnahged to FAT16 or 32 on these >> as the size got pushed up to be larger than what FAT12 >> can access. >> > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/stand/efi/boot1/generat > e-fat.sh?annotate=332561#l45 > > nope. > Yea, this should die a firey death in a fire, burned with flames, and the ashes stirred into a paste that's tossed overboard into the ocean :) But before that glorious day, I have a few last niggles to fix in loader.efi. Warner
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