From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Jun 23 20:55:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B040B15DA65B for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:55:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from dnvrco-cmomta01.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DECE06F082 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from localhost ([96.28.161.151]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id f9W1hckIFP088f9W4hTB2Z; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:55:12 +0000 Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:54:48 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UEFI firmware and getting FreeBSD recognized by default: who to talk to? References: <1e08badd-a963-7e4b-98a7-52a9d3bd77a8@bluestop.org> <87dee58e-66dc-ddf8-980b-a538875ae8b9@denninger.net> <20190623012022.5270E1DDDFE@denninger.net> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfF1/h1kVP5dk9iH6IVVw1emps4bCFwFlBaqSeBGQpZ6Z0ua+FSVUli4AbgRlKg/DGzKCA6V8rVtpV92qW2yvWK4TX2ZFdRDG2sCk28IVwJBmtOMoPgB4 3mylzkPJWlWssfVlYp3SYm7hJB3CEeV6XWKK/ZnRp9jUhGUOF4JM2EYy X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: DECE06F082 X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mueller6722@twc.com designates 107.14.73.229 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mueller6722@twc.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.37 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:107.14.73.0/24]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[twc.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[dnvrco-cmedge02.email.rr.com,dnvrco-cmedge01.email.rr.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.976,0]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[151.161.28.96.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; IP_SCORE(-2.57)[ip: (-6.63), ipnet: 107.14.73.0/24(-3.42), asn: 7843(-2.74), country: US(-0.06)]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7843, ipnet:107.14.73.0/24, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[twc.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.991,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_BAD_CTE_7BIT(3.50)[7bit]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[twc.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MISSING_MID(2.50)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.22)[0.217,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[229.73.14.107.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,meta]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:55:16 -0000 from Niclas Zeising and my previous post: > > On 6/22/2019 20:16, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > > I am trying to set up UEFI to boot my FreeBSD and NetBSD installations, and later, Linux. > > Easy.  Refind should do that and allow selection from a menu. > I wrote this as an instruction on how to get FreeBSD and Windows dual-booting > using rEFInd. You can probably adapt that to get going with other OSes as well. > https://gist.github.com/zeising/5d2402d92b4cf421c7402d663b2d9e41 > I hope it is of some value. I can use efibootmgr from FreeBSD 12-STABLE or HEAD, or possibly bcfg in the built-in UEFI shell. I notice the close relation between what efibootmgr shows and what I see on the boot menu. UEFI shell is not user-friendly, but I am slowly learning new things. Severe thunderstorm is now threatening this area, I hear the winds increasing. Tom