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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