From nobody Sun Jan 14 08:35:13 2024 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 4TCTCH1p0Lz57Qny for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:36:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au) Received: from heuristicsystems.com.au (hermes.heuristicsystems.com.au [203.41.22.115]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2560 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "hermes.heuristicsystems.com.au", Issuer "Heuristic Systems Type 4 Host CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TCTCD2KKWz4bxl for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:36:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=heuristicsystems.com.au header.s=hsa header.b=TTeZd1mT; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au designates 203.41.22.115 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au Received: from [10.0.5.4] ([10.0.5.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by heuristicsystems.com.au (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPA id 40E8ZCf3056938 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:35:12 +1100 (AEDT) (envelope-from dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=heuristicsystems.com.au; s=hsa; t=1705221312; x=1705826113; bh=aMjIUAyoar3omUPHmP6eUKITyD5ram990f+Ccqk+Dig=; h=Message-ID:Date:To:From:Subject; b=TTeZd1mTI8eKiXlSDrr2X30VHAettI/HHSZT/hXRFksOzyB1CM4exsFUkJEfukPLh UfTFx01nPXsuTr65fkjc/PtfPgpsh1lnB5t3FVADpheHZ9A5k0itCODEs06M2IRUf/ vTu0nvGTgOXfR2c4ylJov1hvru0MXgfaUsaHVb6kEzAh5J/dOljTu Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------vAw1Vm0sDX11Z43VlLbh9lqv" Message-ID: Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:35:13 +1100 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 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB To: questions@freebsd.org From: Dewayne Geraghty Subject: How to boot FreeBSD14 without EFI? X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.09 / 15.00]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au:dkim]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[5]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[203.41.22.115:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[heuristicsystems.com.au:s=hsa]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au:+]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1221, ipnet:203.40.0.0/13, country:AU]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TCTCD2KKWz4bxl This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------vAw1Vm0sDX11Z43VlLbh9lqv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I pulled the release i386 and amd64 iso's from https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/ and both require EFI to boot. Then I proceeded to download the source for releng14 and did the usual build and install steps for an amd64 vdi (virtualbox setup on a Windows host).  However I've been unable to boot from either an MBR or a GPT scheme.  Clearly I'm missing something. Does anyone have the incantation to boot without EFI on either i386 or amd64? I added WITHOUT_EFI to /etc/srcconf and rebuilt GENERIC but more is required... Also the loader no longer provides vidconsole as a console device.  Has vidconsole been replaced with eficonsole? Regards, Dewayne --------------vAw1Vm0sDX11Z43VlLbh9lqv Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I pulled the release i386 and amd64 iso's from https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/ and both require EFI to boot. 

Then I proceeded to download the source for releng14 and did the usual build and install steps for an amd64 vdi (virtualbox setup on a Windows host).  However I've been unable to boot from either an MBR or a GPT scheme.  Clearly I'm missing something.  Does anyone have the incantation to boot without EFI on either i386 or amd64?

I added WITHOUT_EFI to /etc/srcconf and rebuilt GENERIC but more is required...

Also the loader no longer provides vidconsole as a console device.  Has vidconsole been replaced with eficonsole?  

Regards, Dewayne

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