From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Sep 7 17:21:31 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112193D062A for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:21:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@dstev.xyz) Received: from mail-40136.protonmail.ch (mail-40136.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "SwissSign Server Gold CA 2014 - G22" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BlZnh6HQWz4Qs9 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@dstev.xyz) Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:21:18 +0000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Daniel Stevenson Reply-To: Daniel Stevenson Subject: Re: Booting EFI system without EFI loader Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FROM_SUSPICIOUS_NTLD, FROM_SUSPICIOUS_NTLD_FP,T_PDS_OTHER_BAD_TLD shortcircuit=no autolearn=disabled version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on mailout.protonmail.ch X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BlZnh6HQWz4Qs9 X-Spamd-Bar: - X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.79 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[daniel@dstev.xyz]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[dstev.xyz:s=protonmail]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:185.70.40.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.95)[-0.947]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.94)[-0.942]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.10)[0.099]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[dstev.xyz:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[dstev.xyz,quarantine]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[185.70.40.136:from]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(0.00)[185.70.40.136:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:185.70.40.0/24, country:CH]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:21:31 -0000 On Sun, Sep 06, 2020 at 06:47:14PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: >=20 > I know it's possible, because I did it once by accident. Now I need to do > it again. > I had completed the installation and tried to boot the new system. It > worked when I tried to boot the USB stick, but something failed with the > message that no valid system was found and prompted for the bot drive. I > entered ufs:disk0p6: and the newly installed system came up! I then updat= ed > to current and built the world and kernel and installed the kernel. Now I > need to reboot. >=20 > I can't figure out how to get the loader to ask for the boot disk > (partition). I tried installing the loader into the efi partition as per > the handbook, but my system was too smart. It didn't like the new > bootx86.efi file and "fixed" it! ARG! >=20 > Any clue as to how to force my system to boot and NOT "AUTOREPAIR" itself= ? > I want to install rEFInd using Niclas Z's instructions as soon as can. >=20 > I seem to be asking for help a lot, but I have not had to deal with this > stuff since going to EFI. FWIW, the system is a Lenovo L15 (Intel). You should be able to set the default boot loader from your BIOS, probably from the "Boot" tab or similar. -- Daniel Stevenson