Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:13:10 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual-booting/triple-booting FreeBSD under UEFI Message-ID: <CAN6yY1ust6=iy28Z6v8p58W6M7GfT9F9AGT-TxT9tddfw8gcSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200920171134.8140e330.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <DB8PR06MB64421AFD5B11F7674E48CBAAF63C0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <20200919180814.00005391@seibercom.net> <20200920035310.72276666@archlinux> <20200920162833.433a14ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200920165453.78d03bdd@archlinux> <20200920171134.8140e330.freebsd@edvax.de>
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I would strongly urge that you look at rEFInd. It has a nice interface, boot most any OS, and is pretty easy to set up. You can find a nice set of instructions at https://gist.github.com/zeising/5d2402d92b4cf421c7402d663b2d9e41#file-gistfile1-txt The author is not a native English speaker, so the syntax is not quite perfect, but it really is clear and simple. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 8:11 AM Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:54:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:28:33 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > >On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:53:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > >> A business technology news website spreading inaccurate news isn't > > >> required to get informed about known vulnerabilities. > > > > > >If they aren't even able to get (or interested in getting) the > > >terminology correct... if I remember correctly, what GRUB does > > >is called a "boot manager" (thing that usually interactively > > >selects from different operating systems to boot, or configures > > >the boot of one operating system, by setting boot parameters or > > >kernel options). GRUB does this even in Linux-only installations. > > >A boot loader can be a standard MBR, without any interactivity, > > >that loads an operating system. This is the typical situation > > >on systems running FreeBSD exclusively. > > > > > >Or is there a different definition or consensus of the words? > > > > IMO it's correct to call grub a "boot loader", too. > > > > "Boot loader > > > > A boot loader is a piece of software started by the firmware (BIOS or > > UEFI). [snip] A separate boot loader or boot manager can still be used > > for the purpose of editing kernel parameters before booting." - > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_boot_process#Boot_loader > > Okay, so a boot manager is a specific kind of boot loader > (subclass). Today I learned. :-) > > +-------------+ > | UEFI / BIOS | > +------+------+ > | > | > V > +-------------+ > | boot loader | = [ standard boot block | interactive boot manager ] > +------+------+ > | > | > V > ... > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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