From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue May 12 11:50:01 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 6C1242EBA74 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 20.100@defert.com) Received: from 1.mo68.mail-out.ovh.net (1.mo68.mail-out.ovh.net [46.105.41.146]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49Lx1h2yZMz47Gr for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:50:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 20.100@defert.com) Received: from player732.ha.ovh.net (unknown [10.108.35.211]) by mo68.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F70165FE4 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 13:49:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from defert.com (ip-83-99-83-184.dyn.luxdsl.pt.lu [83.99.83.184]) (Authenticated sender: 20.100@defert.com) by player732.ha.ovh.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C70B01228FF7F for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Incomplete installation of 12.1-R on an Asus laptop To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Vincent DEFERT <20.100@defert.com> Message-ID: <51dd6e6f-4c7a-9dbb-ee2e-1dd50a3e0712@defert.com> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:49:57 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: fr X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 10188549734808684548 X-VR-SPAMSTATE: OK X-VR-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-VR-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrledvgdegvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfqggfjpdevjffgvefmvefgnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucehtddtnecunecujfgurhepuffvfhfhkffffgggjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomhepgghinhgtvghnthcufffghffgtffvuceovddtrddutddtseguvghfvghrthdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepgfefkedvgedvgfdufefgveekgedvkeetkeeugeejheetffdtteevgfdvueevkeehnecukfhppedtrddtrddtrddtpdekfedrleelrdekfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhhouggvpehsmhhtphdqohhuthdphhgvlhhopehplhgrhigvrhejfedvrdhhrgdrohhvhhdrnhgvthdpihhnvghtpedtrddtrddtrddtpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepvddtrddutddtseguvghfvghrthdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehfrhgvvggsshguqdhquhgvshhtihhonhhssehfrhgvvggsshgurdhorhhg X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49Lx1h2yZMz47Gr X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=defert.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of 20.100@defert.com designates 46.105.41.146 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=20.100@defert.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.81 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.82)[-0.822,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:mail-out.ovh.net]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.994,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[defert.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[146.41.105.46.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(0.00)[146.41.105.46.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.19]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16276, ipnet:46.105.0.0/16, country:FR]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.81)[ipnet: 46.105.0.0/16(2.04), asn: 16276(1.99), country: FR(-0.00)] 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: Tue, 12 May 2020 11:50:01 -0000 Is dual-boot a requirement or would installing FreeBSD on a USB drive also do? It is much simpler and much less risky but the performance is not the same. On 12/05/2020 09:06, salvatorembartolotta@libero.it wrote: > >> Il 12 maggio 2020 alle 0.17 Per Hedeland ha scritto: >> >> On 2020-05-11 20:02, Salvatore Bartolotta via freebsd-questions wrote:> Good afternoon (in the U.S.A.), >>> I installed 12.1-R on an Asus laptop - well, almost. The partition editor, apparently, didn't see the 260MB EFI partition and wanted to create a _second_ EFI partition, in the middle of the disk,right before the rootfs (monted on /), what made little sense to me. I said "no", making the system, for the time being, unbootable. The installation completed except for that step. >> I noticed that too, and did the same, but it didn't result in anunbootable system since I had the EFI partition already set up from anearlier install (which I don't recall wanting to create an EFIpartition, but I may be wrong about that)... >>> nvd0 GPT layout:nvd0p1 260 MB EFI partitionnvd0p2 16MB M$ reserved partitionnvd0p3 256GB M$ system and data partitionnvd0p4 512KB freebsd-bootnvd0p5 2GB rootfs, mounted on /)nvd0p6 80 GB swap (on a 32GB RAM system, maybe overkill)nvd0p7 26GB varfs, mounted on /varnvd0p8 14GB tmpfs, mounted on /tmp, may be ovewrkill as wellnvd0p9 134GB usrfs, mounted on /usr....nvd0lastpartition 650MB M$ Recovery partition >>> I hope there is some simple way to complete this FreeBSD installation, by adding the appropriate booting code to the _existing_ EFI partition. >> It seems you also have a Windows installation - do you want to be ableto dual-boot? Otherwise I think you can find the info you need in theuefi(8) man page. AFAIR it pretty much amounts to "somehow"mount_msdosfs-mounting the EFI partition and copying /boot/boot1.efifrom the FreeBSD installation to /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI(case-independent I believe, I actually have /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi).Should be doable from either of the or (if present)choices in the installer. >> --Per Hedeland > > Good night, > > I'd like to be able to dual-boot for the time being - multi-boot, at the end of the day. The live CD is certainly my friend, I am just not sure how I am supposed to do it. Should I install some UEFI shell/utility/... in the EFI nvd0p1 partition in order to manage the FreeBSD and Windows booting code, then install/point to the actual FreeBSD (and Windows) booting code (not /boot/boot1.efi, I suppose) ? Has anybody done anything like that? > > In the past, I had used some pay$$ware on BIOS (not EFI) machines, sure, but I'd like to be able to do everything - except for the necessary evil, the M$ Windows OS and some of its $program$ - open-source minded. > > Thanks for any help, pointer, suggestion.