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Date:      Tue, 9 Mar 2021 22:15:54 +0100
From:      Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 13.0 RC1 UEFI RAID-10 boot problems under VMware Fusio
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In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoEzK-JDvrKi0YV4h23RSagp1DHGX=wwkoj0EO6BYm1_w@mail.gmail.com>
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> Also, I=E2=80=99m missing /boot/*efifat* in FreeBSD13. What is the =
procedure for updating EFI loaders?
>=20
> They have been removed because they are no longer needed (filesystem =
images for boot blocks trouble me too).

Agree, but I=E2=80=99ve felt I=E2=80=99ve missed the memo

>=20
> mount -t msdos /dev/da0pX /mnt
> mv /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64-old.efi
> cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
>=20
> The ESP on UEFI systems is just a FAT filesystem.

Yes.

I think it it noteworthy to have this in the release notes somewhere. =
that is, if bootx64.efi needs updates every now and then

>=20
> One issue you may run into is the size of the partition. If it is =
tiny, you'll likely have to create a new ESP. Using /boot/boot1.efi may =
help and can be used in the last step instead of loader.efi, but it's =
much less flexible than loader.efi.
>=20
> Warner

Thanks,
    Ruben


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