From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 19 21:31:20 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EA5B9EED9 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:31:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x235.google.com (mail-wm0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 644CC1A99 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:31:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x235.google.com with SMTP id o80so42347238wme.1 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:31:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=gytmaOoDxHz3oKi6HGq9pf9ymMpNLfwWtzRYOYQws3I=; b=SMKLzvWlQTTC+RsI0wYamlee80fNiAAaWTbHfZ398hvpN1fbew/9VdZIC5T7KyHMpi 9Ga+lWWQ3XG8wvfla5THGoKTWXg6yEmtL0UDy1o8Su3xkrWOWD2TpuJ+icGGtfIfJM61 zrSmM2jVyQfDrQOyIbpPHjtL0KhJwhppmJDAMO4mXqKrxDpv+p/s8PALkLiMlQWQTmgk 13uOqe/aCPw/EsFX9IBD1ZoLkiq57ESDwMaCd7rzsi2aHgp9U3P2YxijUryA+r2406+7 xdliC/ruScre9mFBDhHYLnbbdad5vBlQQhD+cj+TrhJpJcvTzIpyNYD6IT5nI+2oa4aA 6f2A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=gytmaOoDxHz3oKi6HGq9pf9ymMpNLfwWtzRYOYQws3I=; b=J/U3bfiPkToAyBWClIvfTNLWRES4CVBD9l0giw3m6Gvl5TztyHEc2iw4bXSEoccpjp nckiIJnMGZROPng0g4nFBSE9TTE+X4gcpTfr5kC0TcNh1leohguL+aG/OkV5bvOWBa7g meFlMLKMU+lAh6ifW8Sx4pdeZjn0f11ZOcKkNYQTuKQPsbevKdqLTEyY/2Fa5noxj9N7 AmgSOEmTjDIcbTtCVEEamZFXIapvAqiUAxtywch3YTioyDDnurDx2jEHQSwvMhFj82hi 0gvlL0IZqL5K2cGKeuFWNt7WK/nka7EZnBl+GSUxeM+JUpO7+NQPa5f+Z+AxtKABl6xM Lx1w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLEetbH3/NsPFvSYkNzFxE7vrVJZAdkue40V14kW1H6h9a7Zsnv3aO8n6bAB2w8Vhfma51I6AmYaXXePw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.28.207.197 with SMTP id f188mr6527792wmg.69.1468963878784; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:31:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.222.169 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:31:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:31:18 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: EFI and GPT status From: Ben Woods To: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=C3=ADa?= Cc: User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:31:20 -0000 On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Fernando Apestegu=C3=ADa wrote: > Hi, > > What's the status of EFI and GPT support on FreeBSD? I would like to trip= le > boot windows 10 + FreeBSD 10 + Linux everything installed on a single dis= k. > Is it possible? > > If not with GPT, would it be better to fall back to compatibility mode an= d > MBR partition scheme? > > Has anyone played with this? > > Thanks in advance. > I dual boot my laptop with Windows and FreeBSD using a single hard drive. I find the easiest way is creating 2 new GPT partitions (1 for ZFS and 1 for swap). I then manually copy the FreeBSD EFI boot loader to my EFI partition, by mounting the existing EFI partition that comes with the laptop as msdosfs to /mnt, copying /boot/boot1.efi to /mnt/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi. Lastly, I install refind on my efi partition to allow me to select between the Windows EFI loader and the FreeBSD EFI loader at boot time. http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ Regards, Ben --=20 -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com