UEFI layout includes a freebsd-boot?

[David P. Discher]

This is correct for a EFI+BIOS map. If the installer did this for an EFI only map, then that is a bug.

My 12-Alpha7 install I just did, with BIOS only:

dpd at amd:~ % gpart show
=>       40  234441568  ada0  GPT  (112G)
         40       1024     1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
       1064        984        - free -  (492K)
       2048    4194304     2  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
    4196352  230244352     3  freebsd-zfs  (110G)
  234440704        904        - free -  (452K)



The “free” section seems a bit aggressive (large) … assuming for sector alignment.  ( Would be cool for future feature if freebsd-boot can be encapsulated in the EFI partition. ) 


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David P. Discher 
https://davidpdischer.com/
dpd at dpdtech.com

> On Sep 23, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Sean Bruno <sbruno at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> I don't think this layout from the installer is correct, but I could be
> wrong.  Is there any reason to have a freebsd-boot in this layout
> created by the installer when using UEFI?
> 
> % gpart show
> =>       40  537234688  ada0  GPT  (256G)
>         40     409600     1  efi  (200M)
>     409640       1024     2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>     410664        984        - free -  (492K)
>     411648   67108864     3  freebsd-swap  (32G)
>   67520512  469712896     4  freebsd-zfs  (224G)
>  537233408       1320        - free -  (660K)
> 
>