Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:10:45 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Not sure if this is the correct place.... (laptop, dual-boot EFI) Message-ID: <CANCZdfrX5TQTY268RqRr%2BGpVbcWGyjh7c=jsZjAzzZ1edsTuMg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a61c927-796d-ea1f-8dce-37e82fb6d646@denninger.net> References: <7391812a-a2ad-874a-80c9-5a871a29f680@denninger.net> <CAJuc1zOaWhfDLKJUFPT7rFORP%2B4m4B5aTU769LK_aDkBOZWMDA@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaFLEOucgRFvuukCoznCn7e4RyYSsdo1cRPGUWk9A6ToNg@mail.gmail.com> <CAO7yDHovVLsd2V8Me-fqOcCx=c1%2BC0Ff%2BsrKnmG17GSLtPp1bw@mail.gmail.com> <7a61c927-796d-ea1f-8dce-37e82fb6d646@denninger.net>
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 1:01 PM Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: > Further question.... does boot1.efi (which I assume has to be placed on > the EFI partition and then something like rEFInd can select it) know how > to handle a geli-encrypted primary partition (e.g. for root/boot so I > don't need an unencrypted /boot partition), and if so how do I tell it > that's the case and to prompt for the password? > Not really. The whole reason we ditched boot1.efi is because it is quite limited in what it can do. You must loader.efi for that. > (If not I know how to set up for geli-encryption using a non-encrypted > /boot partition, but my understanding is that for 12 the loader was > taught how to handle geli internally and thus you can now install 12 -- > at least for ZFS -- with encryption on root. However, that wipes the > disk if you try to select it in the installer, so that's no good -- and > besides, on a laptop zfs is overkill.) > For MBR stuff, yes. For loader.efi, yes. For boot1.efi, no: it did not and will not grow that functionality. Warner > Thanks! > > On 1/26/2019 08:08, Kamila Sou=C4=8Dkov=C3=A1 wrote: > > I'm just booting the installer, going to do this on my X1 Carbon (5th > gen), > > and I'm planning to use the efibootmgr entry first (which is sufficient > for > > booting), and later I might add rEFInd if I feel like it. I'll be posti= ng > > my steps online, I can post the link once it's out there if you're > > interested. > > > > I'm very curious about HW support on the 6th gen Carbon, it'd be great = to > > hear how it goes. > > > > Have fun! > > > > Kamila > > > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019, 06:54 Kyle Evans, <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:30 PM Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote= : > >>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 13:00, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> > wrote: > >>> [...] > >>>> I'd like to repartition it to be able to dual boot it much as I do > with > >>>> my X220 (I wish I could ditch Windows entirely, but that is just not > >>>> going to happen), but I'm not sure how to accomplish that in the EFI > >>>> world -- or if it reasonably CAN be done in the EFI world. > Fortunately > >>>> the BIOS has an option to turn off secure boot (which I surmise from > >>>> reading the Wiki FreeBSD doesn't yet support) but I still need a mea= ns > >>>> to select from some reasonably-friendly way *what* to boot. > >>> The EFI partition is just a MS-DOS partition, and most EFI aware BIOS > >>> will (by default) load /EFI/Boot/boot64.efi when starting up. On my > >>> Dell Inspiron 17, I created /EFI/FreeBSD and copied FreeBSD's > >>> /boot/loader.efi to /EFI/FreeBSD/boot64.efi. My laptop's BIOS setup > >>> allowed me to specify a boot-entry to for \EFI\FreeBSD\boot64.efi. On > >>> a cold start, I have to be quick to hit the F12 key, which then allow= s > >>> me to specify whether to boot Windows or FreeBSD. I'm not sure how > >>> Lenovo's BIOS setup works, but I'm pretty sure that it should have > >>> something similar. > >>> > >> Adding a boot-entry can also be accomplished with efibootmgr. This is > >> effectively what the installer in -CURRENT does, copying loader to > >> \EFI\FreeBSD on the ESP and using efibootmgr to insert a "FreeBSD" > >> entry for that loader and activating it. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > " > -- > Karl Denninger > karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> > /The Market Ticker/ > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ >
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