Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:21:18 +0000 From: Daniel Stevenson <daniel@dstev.xyz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting EFI system without EFI loader Message-ID: <Ie2NI6Nk1EnrVrvh8GfrVhkq2W08X9zzkSQGP9izPfBm8gzoaxCqBOgXlbIOo9Vh_-e9N-F7r1Y5zTBL8l2McA==@protonmail.internalid>
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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
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