Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:18:04 -0600 From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> To: junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com Subject: Re: When will the FreeBSD (u)EFI work? Message-ID: <40bacb99-d463-cbad-3ccf-b3ddd6856d10@bsdio.com> In-Reply-To: <20200329211137.012a8fd62b58525b027bcfb6@dec.sakura.ne.jp> References: <318FDBAF-448F-4C55-A9A8-69D71A73E43B@me.com> <344e85545cfc47c9835fc5918e5b1dc1@udns.ultimatedns.net> <20200329211137.012a8fd62b58525b027bcfb6@dec.sakura.ne.jp>
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On 3/29/20 6:11 AM, Tomoaki AOKI wrote: > > 3. based solution looks good to me. > > IMHO, assuming /efi/bootx[64|32].efi is boot1.efi or loader.efi > or EFI environment pointing to either one is properly used, That's another thing: we should be installing loader.efi as \efi\boot\bootx64.efi (as well as \boot\freebsd\loader.efi) since it's entirely possible to lose the Boot Manager entry and end up with an unbootable system as a result. Unfortunately people have had bad experiences with other operating systems overwriting bootx64.efi and don't believe we should do that. Perhaps I just need to come up with a proof of concept or demo to show that it is possible without breaking other OSes. -- Rebecca Cran
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