Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 14:19:54 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 13.0 RC1 UEFI RAID-10 boot problems under VMware Fusio Message-ID: <CANCZdfpA5i_nfxPAsTR3mi0UuggZ-V4On5gwafhZiEVfxqXbOQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FFF8BD46-197A-4B5D-8CC1-BC42F7159EDA@verweg.com> References: <58352200-C53A-4B8F-9498-316FC852BD95@verweg.com> <CANCZdfoEzK-JDvrKi0YV4h23RSagp1DHGX=wwkoj0EO6BYm1_w@mail.gmail.com> <FFF8BD46-197A-4B5D-8CC1-BC42F7159EDA@verweg.com>
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 2:15 PM Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> wrote: > > Also, I=E2=80=99m missing /boot/*efifat* in FreeBSD13. What is the proced= ure for >> updating EFI loaders? >> > > 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 > I did it long enough ago I had forgotten to make sure people upgrading from 12 knew. > > 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 > > The ESP on UEFI systems is just a FAT filesystem. > > > Yes. > > I think it it noteworthy to have this in the release notes somewhere. tha= t > is, if bootx64.efi needs updates every now and then > That's a good suggestion. I'll make sure something is in the release notes. Warner > > 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 an= d > can be used in the last step instead of loader.efi, but it's much less > flexible than loader.efi. > > Warner > > > Thanks, > Ruben > >
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