Re: Updating EFI boot loader results in boot hangup
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:26:08 UTC
boot off a memstick? On 08/12/2022 3:25 pm, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > The problem is if boot is failing, how to mount and rename it? > > I'm looking for a way, if possible, to boot directly bkp boot64x in > case of failure. > I was hoping to find it in loader(8) or uefi(8)... > > Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> escreveu no dia sexta, 12/08/2022 à(s) > 21:09: > > 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 -- 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