From nobody Mon Jun 26 02:45:21 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QqBzK4gdnz4hNtx for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2023 02:45:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ot1-x332.google.com (mail-ot1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::332]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QqBzK2wVmz4019 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2023 02:45:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by mail-ot1-x332.google.com with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-6b5d57d7db9so2173022a34.3 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:45:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1687747532; x=1690339532; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=q7EiFRXZnm631j2er6s/vbaBaMqxC6UZ62VPQ8Yvvxw=; b=fryd/gWC5NsWG5fy+lSLcneL7RaWrAN0x/hbSjpjcPK1IjtVL+7u+ZfSedQQvCj2Z5 HyPkenLB9tYKwPiZjKHiAFT3W8t7v2D62kC1MttzIFyrn17NNHkcO0dHPjmwUwwm9ns7 CzhKhweZAQeWh9uvIqkCc/EbGg3w23pXFEgsSoEw77Gu2G/xgv7OSQKgtPAyvxmjko/A HEQV9GX9BTKBKqL8TdYLvzr//eqnSB4L317wnX9Tn8/bbg2muPyTYnfi8l86j+WpiHJ2 nmv+A3mbpPcKRfIrRTeddCsFnkYLi4+FaWyO1ECHnR4uskzK7xpBFKUUCLjKk2u9Ydce Q7Fw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1687747532; x=1690339532; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=q7EiFRXZnm631j2er6s/vbaBaMqxC6UZ62VPQ8Yvvxw=; b=fsuk/zANs82ndhUxgtXXVZ2DS0JO/nCzUUjLNItV1hXsKO1imt0fNpJKBjMuPwkpaB sRCR/avlrB/zAHk105eqPNpsxjPl5UxecawrWfsovz0ukADZSKtAXJ2Xu1dN2E3gBlms R0QCzBfBjUO9dVtzn5mEGUr7c+i1aO7BcrkHqQ20RCoLkSdcK9xsNgEDn7kXtq1RI3g2 orDKyXT5omPq3CgfRSGebQt8MtpQLvuPwwSiCIO2Sj9dnFjylFkNP7SscdNw+jmJj3PR 25dslNhSyn1LOT/qqVM9q9YxWHPIteQfoVCROhn2YDWIPoA8+15X6k42/FHsobeWsB7I WNcQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDx9RROFCUAvGQ/Q4Ch4Urc8HX+QRfJcxXxaAYTy567OjHXAkguZ 3zZjibv27QPASYfDE3ZYG9ovupjMGYmzkSYoxulAcazg X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ69MrUy6/MX2ezJ2OkjyL/RjIxSnj/Bwlzm1ZDRu4M6EKQeAAX4xrPrwGgMwqPLXzHhaB92R9b0vEwuVyYDqzw= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:4a2:b0:6b1:6b1b:a430 with SMTP id l2-20020a05683004a200b006b16b1ba430mr18907242otd.0.1687747532139; Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:45:32 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <032e9da0-9436-3328-effd-463203a1eefa@mailbox.org> In-Reply-To: <032e9da0-9436-3328-effd-463203a1eefa@mailbox.org> From: Patrick Mahan Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:45:21 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Looking for some guidance To: Holger Sebert Cc: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001fafec05feff5872" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QqBzK2wVmz4019 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N --0000000000001fafec05feff5872 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 5:00=E2=80=AFPM Holger Sebert wrote: > On 6/25/23 19:55, Patrick Mahan wrote: > > I run my own domain which lost its main server (hardware issue) about > two weeks ago right as I was leaving for a two week family vacation. Whi= le > I was gone, I ordered a new HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-3055xt as a > replacement and bought from FreeBSD Mall the 13.2 AMD64 DVD. > > > > The Pavilion is running UEFI, but oddly it wasn't recognizing the DVD a= s > a boot media until I went into the boot menu at startup and > specifically selected the DVD drive. I also noticed that there was also > the "Windows Boot Manager" listed which it seemed UEFI was default. > > > > The Pavilion came with a 500G SSD and a 2T HD. It seems that Windows O= S > has been installed on the SSD leaving the HD as available storage. I hav= e > also installed the system disk from the old server (1T HD) but it was > formatted for the old bios (no UEFI boot partitions). > > > > After I booted up the FreeBSD DVD and entered shell mode I see (using > gpart show) that > > nvd0 (SSD) shows the following partitions: > > efi (260M) > > ms-reserved (16M) > > ms-basic-data (476G) > > ms-recovery (5.3M) > > > > The ada0 drive is my old system disk with the following partitions: > > freebsd-ufs (/) (50G) > > swap (16G) > > freebsd-ufs (/var) (100G) > > freebsd-ufs (/tmp) (100G) > > freebsd-ufs (/usr) (200G) > > freebsd-ufs (/home) (465G) > > > > The ada1 drive is the 2TB with the following partitions: > > ms-basic-data (1.8T) > > > > So my questions are - > > > > 1) What the heck is this "Windows Boot Manager" and can I use it or mus= t > I destroy it? > > 2) Do I need to add the loader.efi to the efi directory on nvd0? > > 3) Can I mount nvd0? What mount type (FAT32?) do I use? > > > > That should get me over my first hump. My current plan is to install t= o > the 2T hard drive and use the old system disk as a reference point to > retrieve my DNS/Mail/Firewall stuff. > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > Patrick > > Sounds like you have pre-installed Windows on your new Pavillion > machine. Do you need/want it? > > If no, then I would suggest simply wiping all that cruft and go > with the FreeBSD's installer defaults (either UFS of ZFS). > > I got it installed on the 2T hard drive and left the SSD alone. Once I had a drive with a GPT for UEFI, it now shows up in the UEFI boot menu as a bootable device. I've since shuffled the order of what boot device to query first, moving the windows boot manager to the bottom of the list. It now boots without intervention by me into FreeBSD. Now I have to get all my services back up. I've gotten DNS up and NTP is working. I'm currently installing all of my packages I need to function (bash, emacs, python, dovecot, postfix, etc). So we shall see how it goes. 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On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 5:00=E2=80=AFPM H= olger Sebert <holger.sebert= @mailbox.org> wrote:
On 6/25/23 19:55, Patrick Mahan wrot= e:
> I run my own domain which lost its main server (hardware issue) about = two weeks ago right as I was leaving for a two week family vacation.=C2=A0 = While I was gone, I ordered a new HP Pavilion=C2=A0Desktop TP01-3055xt as a= replacement and bought from FreeBSD Mall the 13.2 AMD64 DVD.
>
> The Pavilion is running UEFI, but oddly it wasn't recognizing the = DVD as a boot media until I went into the boot menu at startup and specific= ally=C2=A0selected the DVD drive.=C2=A0 I also noticed that there was also = the "Windows Boot Manager" listed which it seemed UEFI was defaul= t.
>
> The Pavilion came with a 500G SSD and a 2T HD.=C2=A0 It seems that Win= dows OS has been installed on the SSD leaving the HD as available storage.= =C2=A0 I have also installed the system disk from the old server (1T HD) bu= t it was formatted=C2=A0for the old bios (no UEFI boot partitions).
>
> After I booted up the FreeBSD DVD and entered shell mode I see (using = gpart=C2=A0show) that
> nvd0 (SSD) shows the following partitions:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 efi (260M)
> ms-reserved (16M)
> ms-basic-data (476G)
> ms-recovery (5.3M)
>
> The ada0 drive is my old system disk with the following partitions: >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0freebsd-ufs (/) (50G)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0swap (16G)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0freebsd-ufs (/var) (100G)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0freebsd-ufs (/tmp) (100G)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0freebsd-ufs (/usr) (200G)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0freebsd-ufs (/home) (465G)
>
> The ada1 drive is the 2TB with the following partitions:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ms-basic-data (1.8T)
>
> So my questions are -
>
> 1) What the heck is this "Windows Boot Manager" and can I us= e it or must I destroy it?
> 2) Do I need to add the loader.efi to the efi directory on nvd0?
> 3) Can I mount nvd0?=C2=A0 What mount type (FAT32?) do I use?
>
> That should get me over my first hump.=C2=A0 My current plan is to ins= tall to the 2T hard drive and use the old system disk as a reference point = to retrieve my DNS/Mail/Firewall stuff.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Patrick

Sounds like you have pre-installed Windows on your new Pavillion
machine. Do you need/want it?

If no, then I would suggest simply wiping all that cruft and go
with the FreeBSD's installer defaults (either UFS of ZFS).


I got it installed on the 2T hard driv= e and left the SSD alone.=C2=A0 Once I had a drive with a GPT for UEFI, it = now shows up in the UEFI boot menu as a bootable device.=C2=A0 I've sin= ce shuffled the order of what boot device to query first, moving the window= s boot manager to the bottom of the list. It now boots without intervention= by me into FreeBSD.=C2=A0 Now I have to get all my services back up.=C2=A0= I've gotten DNS up and NTP is working.=C2=A0 I'm currently install= ing all of my packages I need to function (bash, emacs, python, dovecot, po= stfix, etc).=C2=A0 So we shall see how it goes.

Th= anks,

Patrick
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