Re: current for arm64 tries tftp first for some reason

On Jan 10, 2024, at 15:49, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jan 10, 2024, at 15:02, void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 05:07:14AM -0800, Mark Millard wrote:
>>> 
>>> The file is not a text file and I've no clue if any
>>> EFI variables happen to be related.
>> 
>> My rpi4b context doesn't create /boot/efi/ubootefi.var
>> if the tftp part is allowed to complete.
> 
> This might be because I have a GPT partitioning. I tend
> to do things like use a Rock64 snapshot dd'd ot media
> and copy over the msdosfs materials from a rpi-arm64
> snapshot. Similarly, what I partition and set up for
> myself is normally GPT based.
> 
> The file was not present until after the first boot,
> which I did not interrupt. Evidence is the lack of a
> reasonable timestamp.
> 
> I've just stopped it to get to a U-Boot> prompt and
> used the eficonfig command. It displays a menu
> that includes "Change Boot Order", for example.
> 
> But, so far, I've not found a way to change from
> "Add Boot Option".

Well, using the following command at the command prompt:

U-Boot> bootefi bootmgr

avoided the tftp sequence.

FYI:
I've still not managed to select "Change Boot Order" in
the eficonfig menu.

>> The OS was installed with dd to spinning rust and the ufs2 filesystem as one partition auto-expanded to fill the disk.
> 
> I actually set up my USB3 media to boot most of the
> aarch64 systems that I have access to. I move the
> media around between the systems. No spinning rust.
> 
> This means that when I updated pre-existing media
> with the newer U-Boot is when I got the new behavior
> on teh first boot with the newer U-Boot.
> 
>> Maybe this installation method doesn't create it.
>> 
>> Previously I've booted to mmcsd, plugged in the usb3 disk,
>> created a 256MB msdos partition, copied all of the msdos part of the
>> mmcsd into that partition, ran bsdinstall with the plugged in disk
>> as the target.




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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com


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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com