Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:09:23 UTC
I would assume just rename the bootx64.old to bootx64.efi and/or put it in a different directory that EFI can see On 08/12/2022 3:03 pm, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > I'm searching without success to load a bkp loader in case of boot > failure. > > Upgrade process willl be like: > --- > mount -t msdosfs /dev/nvd0p1 /mnt > cp /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.old > cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi > --- > > I can't find the right docs to load bootx64.old. > Could you tell me what you did to solve your boot? > > Thanks > > Yasuhiro Kimura <yasu@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia sexta, 12/08/2022 > à(s) 18:45: > >> From: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> >> Subject: Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup >> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:26:11 +0100 >> >>> Hello Yasu, >>> >>> Does it needes to update boot loader everytime that we upgrade >>> current? >> >> No, you need not. >> >>> The only time that I updated was a month ago because of zfs upgrade >>> and I need to practice how to boot >>> loader bkp file :) >> >> I update boot loader everytime because I'd like to do it :-). >> And sometimes problem hits upon me like this time and I contribute to >> debugging base system :-):-). >> >> --- >> Yasuhiro Kimura > > -- > > Nuno Teixeira > FreeBSD Committer (ports) -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106