[Bug 255318] handbook: Document how to update the bootloader
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:36:29 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255318 Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |grahamperrin@freebsd.org --- Comment #13 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> --- (In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #11) > … It will be good to exemplify at least: > > /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI > > – or (lowercase, maybe preferred): > > /efi/boot/bootx64.efi <http://markmail.org/message/il4pgfyc7hlkwffh> imp@ enlightens: >>> … >>> >>> … amd64 … (/boot/efi/efi/freebsd/loader.efi) … >> >> Side note: please, why the FreeBSD reserved area? > > When you create a boot variable using efibootmgr, it's better to > specify something that's not the default binary. It's what Windows, > Linux, etc do when they are installed and it facilitates better > multiboot when the target OSes depend on the first stage efi boot > loader (like FreeBSD and Windows certainly do). > > Warner -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.