Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:44:24 +0200 From: Anders Bolt Evensen <andersbo87@icloud.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uefi boot on Apple Mac Message-ID: <53E730E8.9070206@icloud.com> In-Reply-To: <53C16ED0.2000604@freebsd.org> References: <CAB8uncZ5CGiCQexVVKn9fDkX_wug5WBmiXSs0JgQ6O60dWePbg@mail.gmail.com> <537DFD85.1090903@icloud.com> <CAG3jReJpOFaM-eL6kjYQY=xR=1CpnzY3_FNtxq3xRsqzuY7PUg@mail.gmail.com> <CAB8uncYm4uhr6fGasmyDhBaAzAbqmiGU_iGqBsajvcEvF1QPbg@mail.gmail.com> <CAG3jReKuB-Z-PDf6jrLF8WeqTLce30E6j3yp0OmbMuB3sxPydQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2BmQtyuzwLz9z6uwi%2BC6LTCyWcbBKo_k-t3q%2BDwm_bi8w@mail.gmail.com> <CAB8uncai=hiVYibrAvDCEqWN-UdLSpgUxQLC=3Wtvo5vHmfbvw@mail.gmail.com> <53C10945.4020003@icloud.com> <53C16ED0.2000604@freebsd.org>
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If you're interested, you can try out the following ISO: https://www.dropbox.com/s/srbunx0agrokcs3/freebsd-current-uefi-bios-amd64.iso The image was built on Friday 8th of August for the amd64 platform. I tested out the EFI part on VirtualBox (UEFI 2.X) and my MacBook Pro 17 inch from 2011 (EFI 1.10), and as far as EFI goes, I successfully booted the image on both my Mac and VirtualBox (however, booting the image from BIOS using my Mac was a different story). So, as I said, as far as (U)EFI goes, the image should work on UEFI 2.X based PC's and EFI 1.10 based Macs. On 12/07/14 19:22, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > I'd point out that, as of last week, the standard -CURRENT ISOs (and > generate-release.sh script) make EFI-bootable media by default. All > the snapshots should have this done already, for instance. > -Nathan I wasn't aware of that, but thanks for the info. :) > > On 07/12/14 03:09, Anders Bolt-Evensen wrote: >> I also got a message like that when I booted from a USB stick on a >> MacBookPro8,3 (17 inch, late 2011). >> >> I fixed it by creating a custom ISO image and burned that onto a DVD >> using an external DVD drive. >> The UEFI installer boots fine from this external DVD drive. >> >> Here is how I did it: >> >> Genereste an ISO with the FreeBSD-CURRENT kernel, mount the ISO and >> copy all files from the root directory in the ISO and unmount >> > cd /usr/src/release >> > sh ./generate-release.sh # You may have to run “make >> buildworld” and be connected to the internet to install required ports. >> > mount -t cd9660 /scratch/R/release/FreeBSD-something-disc1.iso >> /mnt >> > mkdir freebsd_generic_installer >> #Files copied to the directory in the next command will be copied >> to a new ISO in step 3 >> > cp -R /mnt/ freebsd_generic_installer/ >> > umount /mnt >> 2. Create a FAT filesystem image and place the loader in it in the >> default path that UEFI will look for (the following steps are copied >> from https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI#CD.2FDVD_Boot_under_UEFI): >> > dd if=/dev/zero of=efiboot.img bs=4k count=100 >> > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f efiboot.img >> > newfs_msdos -F 12 -m 0xf8 /dev/md0 >> > mount -t msdosfs /dev/md0 /mnt >> > mkdir -p /mnt/efi/boot >> > cp loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi >> > umount /mnt >> > mdconfig -d -u 0 >> >> 3. Create the custom ISO image. Please make sure that the entry in >> freebsd_generic_installer/etc/fstab matches the label you choose in >> the command below. >> > makefs -t cd9660 -o bootimage='i386;efiboot.img' -o >> no-emul-boot -o rockridge -o label=“FREEBSD_UEFI_INSTALL" -o >> publisher="test" uefi-test.iso freebsd_generic_installer/ >> >> To get the example in the command above to work, please make sure >> that the entry in freebsd_generic_installer/etc/fstab reads >> "/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_UEFI_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0" >> >> 4. Burn the image to DVD, reboot your system and choose “EFI Boot”. >> Note that unless you are using a EFI console like rEFIt or rEFInd, >> you may have to kind of wait a couple of minutes while the kernel is >> loading before anything appears on the screen. >> >> >> On 04/07/14 16:34, Huang Wen Hui wrote: >>> Hi, >>> On my MacbookPro11,3, I got this error message: >>> >>> http://sw.gddsn.org.cn/freebsd/uefi.jpg >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Huang WenHui >>> >>> 2014-07-04 22:13 GMT+08:00 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>: >>> >>>> On 24 May 2014 19:39, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Yes, I got that in the mac laptops I tried, it worked on a Mac >>>>> Pro. It >>>>> might be the frame buffer corruption that Ed Maste was mentioning. >>>> I purchased a new MacBook Air yesterday (model identifier >>>> MacBookAir6,2). UEFI boot and vt(4) worked correctly. (My image >>>> included Rafael's patch; I haven't tried a boot without.) >>>> >>>> I also committed a change to display the framebuffer parameters >>>> (address, dimensions, etc.) on boot, in order to help identify the >>>> source of this issue. If you have a moment can you build a new USB >>>> stick image and give it a try? >>>> >>>> -Ed >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >
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