FreeBSD 13.0 RC1 UEFI RAID-10 boot problems under VMware Fusio

[Warner Losh]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 2:15 PM Ruben van Staveren <ruben at verweg.com> wrote:

>
> Also, I’m missing /boot/*efifat* in FreeBSD13. What is the procedure for
>> updating EFI loaders?
>>
>
> They have been removed because they are no longer needed (filesystem
> images for boot blocks trouble me too).
>
>
> Agree, but I’ve felt I’ve missed the memo
>

I did it long enough ago I had forgotten to make sure people upgrading from
12 knew.


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> mount -t msdos /dev/da0pX /mnt
> mv /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64-old.efi
> cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
>
> The ESP on UEFI systems is just a FAT filesystem.
>
>
> Yes.
>
> I think it it noteworthy to have this in the release notes somewhere. that
> is, if bootx64.efi needs updates every now and then
>

That's a good suggestion. I'll make sure something is in the release notes.

Warner


>
> One issue you may run into is the size of the partition. If it is tiny,
> you'll likely have to create a new ESP. Using /boot/boot1.efi may help and
> can be used in the last step instead of loader.efi, but it's much less
> flexible than loader.efi.
>
> Warner
>
>
> Thanks,
>     Ruben
>
>