Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:15:25 +0000 From: Josef El-Rayes <josef@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot installed freebsd Message-ID: <20040804131525.GA11724@daemon.li> In-Reply-To: <20040802160829.GB2366@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20040802134019.GA27996@daemon.li> <20040802160829.GB2366@dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>: > Typically we put the contents of /boot on the EFI partition. That > way the loader, kernel and configuration files are accessable under > EFI. For this to work, we made /boot a symlink to where we actually > want it. So, if you make the EFI partition mounted under /efi, then > the installer will create a symlink /boot -> /efi/boot. > > However, there's currently a problem with the installer. It doesn't > actually mount the EFI partition before installing, so all the /boot > contents end up on the UFS root partition and not where we want it: > the EFI partition. For now, use the CD to boot into FreeBSD and > correct it by hand. okay, i mounted the EFI partition as /efi in sysinstall/disklabel and let it autocreate the rest. i used the disc2(livefilesystem) to mount /dev/da0p2 to /mnt where i found a freebsd installation. there i moved boot/ into efi/ and symlinked boot->efi/boot. then i reboot the machine and go into the "Boot Options Maintaince" menu, "Boot From a File", then i go into "EFIPART [Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig" there i find a 'boot' directory, but it is empty :/ i checked through the mailinglist archives, but i did not find a solution there. any ideas? greets, josef -- Josef El-Rayes (__) Email: josef@daemon.li \\\'',) Web: http://daemon.li/ \/ \ ^ FreeBSD: josef@FreeBSD.org .\._/_) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBQRDhbFnFItmnnbU8AQIkkAf/a3ndPfENNChPNdPxyWLyJNkjnUWmDza2 n1lsVESlXd1m+hr276anQ0BE425jZewXJ3CRTlcvuqS1gb5nCPKpdvAu9TdOMjS7 1ic7Hw04LNkx3yIPn8ILLIyyVMZl9WNJQ0VgYbat0DZ2D5X2Yw9x9kaTF4igcweZ sKXFNRb8F2eZCRw9QIYkXCD0u3xzphSOAMyv99Ns2lbTjSxH3ZjoodrwPeRwlens FYzq1Jqko20wVOzHEW4yu+uv1lQ0cAPwn29+MEqfCeC4RAFZwNGBiSKIXXamKRmn Q0ZSq6HpENP1v4gycJRN6IYbeQ+OpFVxLnkw8YTqwnZsq0VliAlEtQ== =JD9x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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