Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:51:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Cc: Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UEFI dual boot zfs root Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605171046050.87396@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPS9%2BSvebRQLO73N8PTNtLVJfAW0kxKu3Nqmt6pmxN-f9a-ywg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 15 May 2016, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install current on my lenovo x1 yoga ( and keeping it dual > boot for now). > > I have a fair amount of disk free after resizing. I can't seem to workout > how to do the partitioning. Do I only need the freebsd-zfs partition ( > assuming no/zvol-swap? I would think, but have not tested ZFS with UEFI. > Do I manually copy boot1.efi to the existing EFI partition? Yes. Mount the EFI partition with msdosfs, then copy boot1.efi to /EFI/BOOT/. Then comes the tricky part, getting the UEFI firmware to add that as a boot option. In a Dell UEFI system, it could be added to the boot options, and the firmware has the user select the file from the EFI partition for that option.home | help
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