From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 27 02:24:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BA4FB33 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x22d.google.com (mail-ob0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D13391D86 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:24:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f173.google.com with SMTP id wn1so5897565obc.18 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:24:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=8a8+p/Gt8+kQfsdw+9A9bp3e5cFaEO4JIwodAY6btZQ=; b=Yi75E3gMuHapbDe+0POdlkCX51tIHlMhTkGjh6gls73wresSGvAemo4P5UK2GQFfuG luGqccVuz4iPPeXdWr1XCrhHz7q/0CcrmfnHgr6dDS1oPCyNNJJ0zANGp/byzO7LtOF4 ShW2U1D3y9zwtIGyNQ4SQYOwqNxPkCM/hFqUTRltakgTgt1n/hhxHiHZ6p1CJ6EQ1VM1 98nRzjwMdWp1tcYnd92NXtSlmNDnXIltvcGpr2u0o/G8Xy+mlNLl2TNYgUSZOogVPSBJ DZ7Ra83I4om0qRZjQ1OHHiZV44S4CqIznG6Tz7QpnK51Az3+PwzoBg9nCH35jiCqunoG sYPg== X-Received: by 10.60.37.99 with SMTP id x3mr15078404oej.2.1398565482015; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:24:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.64] (pool-71-170-112-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net. [71.170.112.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id su13sm53372497oeb.9.2014.04.26.19.24.41 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:24:41 -0700 (PDT) References: <1afmy6anpfrg2vhg3t1tovj9.1398420388596@email.android.com> <20140425124859.GA29817@sh4-5.1blu.de> <535BAFE3.9090208@web.de> In-Reply-To: <535BAFE3.9090208@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Message-Id: <4BF9DAE0-176E-47E1-81B7-6899B35BC0E1@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11D201) From: Matthew Pherigo Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on ASUS Transformer T100 kconvertible tablet? Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 21:24:40 -0500 To: "Alexander Shendi (Web.de)" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: Matthias Apitz , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:24:43 -0000 > On Apr 26, 2014, at 8:08 AM, "Alexander Shendi (Web.de)" wrote: >=20 > I have downloaded FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-amd64-VT-20140423-r264794-memstick.= img > from ftp.freebsd.org and copied it to an USB memory stick with dd(1). > As expected the machine did not boot. >=20 > So I have two more questions: > * I know (by googleing) that a project to support UEFI Firmware boot FreeB= SD exists. > Can anyone point me to a ftp site or other resources. Hey Alex, That may not actually be necessary. To my understanding, UEFI supports handl= ing BIOS systems with a mode called the Compatability Support Module. In mos= t PCs, this can be forced on for all attempted boots in the EFI startup opti= ons. Moreover, even if this laptop you're working with does not have a setti= ng for this in its options, I know that the process of enabling this mode ca= n be handled by a UEFI boot loader; rEFInd on my Mac handles CSM-mode OSes j= ust fine, even though the Mac itself doesn't have a setting the directly ena= ble it. I've never tried any of this before, but it may be possible to insta= ll rEFInd on your EFI part on your laptop first, and install FreeBSD plus it= s bootloader on it's own partition, at which point rEFInd ought to pick it u= p. I've never tried this, but it seems that would work fine. > * Can anyone enlighten me how to mount the memory stick, so I can extract > the FreeBSD kernel (under Linux)? I think 'sudo modprobe ufs' / 'sudo mount -r -t ufs -o ufstype=3Dufs2' will w= ork. If not, there's always a FUSE module! --Matt=