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Date:      Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:54:14 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>,  "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lenovo BIOS boot fix
Message-ID:  <55A3DF26.5020602@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507130915250.56039@wonkity.com>
References:  <55A1FFD5.7080008@freebsd.org> <55A2030B.7010405@freebsd.org> <55A2835F.1030004@yandex.ru> <55A2ACDD.408@freebsd.org> <55A36FBE.1020206@beastielabs.net> <55A3D01E.40102@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507130915250.56039@wonkity.com>

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On 2015-07-13 11:19, Warren Block wrote:
>>
>> Needing the active flag set is indeed a different problem. I am working
>> on a patch for bsdinstall that will allow the user to request the active
>> bit be set as well.
>
> For GPT, that should be the default, because it matches the standard.
>
> I would like to see an effort to get Lenovo to fix their broken
> UEFI/BIOS.  Adding non-standard PMBR configurations should be short-term
> hack.

Lenovo has fixed the issue in newer models, x230, t530, t540 etc work fine.

Just the x220, t420, and t520 etc series do not.

-- 
Allan Jude



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