From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 2 02:56:28 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 233881E8DB5 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2020 02:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from p-impout001.msg.pkvw.co.charter.net (p-impout005aa.msg.pkvw.co.charter.net [47.43.26.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47pCNW22fsz3Cmr for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2020 02:56:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from localhost ([96.28.177.163]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id mqeqirryilLVdmqeqiONi3; Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:56:20 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=bI1o382Z c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=xqrt2BZAGHte7XHhrxJgbA==:117 a=xqrt2BZAGHte7XHhrxJgbA==:17 a=HpEJnUlJZJkA:10 a=28bguoTQAAAA:8 a=aHPXOz1TQMPk-ad5cOwA:9 a=voRV_PY5qW-4FQMV9MBC:22 Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:56:46 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help trying to recompile kernel with EBR functionality References: <202001011526.001FQUeA001903@r56.edvax.de> <20200101163902.60776151.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200101175734.2e5c66ba.freebsd@edvax.de> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfMkNh8l6rizxdFBfCQqB2a7fo2ZhNciOH4Kyek5gKPJRXbduqmsZhFTmsAkcCZRpGdsQ5lrQV2vHfPVXeVVb2Gc5l1aI6xC9OG0ZZm7kRr4F8xucx/YE djffNVXlxoGvoxqRRTf8y7/7Co5FuuhTpmxPWLhgATpZggbS/IoHbVpwlkCILKPJjTWn786MlgWU3g== X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47pCNW22fsz3Cmr X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mueller6722@twc.com designates 47.43.26.136 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mueller6722@twc.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.92 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[163.177.28.96.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:47.43.26.0/24]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[twc.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[twc.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.79)[0.788,0]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; MISSING_MID(2.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.93)[0.930,0]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[twc.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:40294, ipnet:47.43.24.0/21, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[asn: 40294(1.17), country: US(-0.05)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:56:28 -0000 > That's why tools like GPartEd (for example on the UBCD) are > a much better solution that what FreeBSD includes natively. > It would be nice to have that Linux-specific functionality > implemented in FreeBSD's stock gpart, so all steps of disk > initialization can be done with FreeBSD (and scripted). > > And I completely agree with Polytropon that boot0 is much better for > > multi-OS systems, but boot0 works only on MBR - which is why I never use > GPT. > Definitely. It's simple and predictable, doesn't require any > maintenance (like GRUB), and works with everything that is > MBR-based. > Polytropon For GPT partitioning on Linux. FreeBSD, MS-Windows and macOS, there is Rod Smith's gptfdisk, included in FreeBSD ports in category sysutils (www.rodsbooks.com). I use multiple OSes and versions, so three primary partitions that I get with MBR are woefully insufficient. Besides, I want to be compatible with UEFI. I use Super Grub Disk formerly included on System Rescue CD to boot and choose, suppose I could possibly use grub-mkrescue from a newer System Rescue CD. But I aim to move over to UEFI. Tom