From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Jul 5 17:19:40 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A25103F640 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 17:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-it0-x236.google.com (mail-it0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 115938A92E for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 17:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-it0-x236.google.com with SMTP id v71-v6so2907479itb.3 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:19:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=xfrzyK+6pxa/84O0ETDG5VMSJppW3t+GHL6eSZ/UGEY=; b=aMteW/5QL+fAVMS4G+ROvwYxdlkcjcOlzOttzkElv5XyhuP8+jK/FU1wl67g85mVg1 UiIIGbfaNEBLebfS+72Ctu/QfiOqnlDIC8tDF83Ty1W2qjY6ZWs80xLRjO1QVcNWxwMF 9icJqBRSB43tJVuyPjkt/UCB153vweqmVIVSlGt+dbkNdo1c5PqM/dP9kBYy4F9+R+p4 SqbhArNjhwM5tj3PRIZB1MsxKMH/29c8l77v7/OyLrdTsGXiuPjqz+We+/zi82dC/hmc 1R0iLj29X4iHsJuXruMaw2a3VmFFyMoQTgA3fnVC+7RmADvC9KJg5aXeQbxDfeLiNwjA E/3w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xfrzyK+6pxa/84O0ETDG5VMSJppW3t+GHL6eSZ/UGEY=; b=BDIZNJS1Mdg7q9N2TEkTuUPdMI2CeO4YPZeKSdAjqDaAMp0yG8CjpLZ+OR1WCWLDAJ CRqRcuHxydT6yNZpdeVP7d3prsYPzyum2oaY7RTZhPud5GAjZnXN3vQ+lnfM6BJ65zPJ nMvFyq77/BgocphltbrdRS+6P+Ju9SVJQiigfhzpa9ESIMdu2cKC3vUuk+DM/wEJpEFg 58jahUoNQKbulzrGmUGl50a8EVGfsp10jC1eqrsp8jp3UilQSvxsWwyUDeedmKZUI44R 83VyCRWMJSBD3VdSvM7tJiRI/7JFc4qpiMpMKA8JMLsc0W+9RT8ngJd1FeA+qjLN98Tp /w1Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2kfasGB3YFQa4R0A0YDb8JhMOD4JgQk9Wv7xryoXSwSy+Gwzu/ 1DH5lVveSUlQOJb3lf18Pqm8EER/s66j6Y9JL3KLsg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpc3Dnl7hPKtxfTS9CLneGLo45eIlzz8DDbycF2F+0K6n7BHnhuBj0yRL9n/cr+vu/ArfPRTrRKHVUd+NHLL17I= X-Received: by 2002:a24:ad28:: with SMTP id c40-v6mr5558431itf.36.1530811179415; Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:19:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 11:19:27 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: EFI booting from external USB pen drive To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" Cc: FreeBSD Current Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:19:40 -0000 FAT12 isn't good for UEFI. Use FAT16 or FAT32. Warner On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 9:32 AM Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > Hi, > > while I can boot memstick images just fine (which are created using > makefs/mkimg), doing the same thing using gpart/newfs_msdos -F 12/.. I > am not able to get anything that boots. > > On a Thinkpad (secure boot is off) from the =E2=80=9Cboot device chooser = from > =E2=80=98BIOS=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D I get a quick blank screen and am back at= the chooser. > I=E2=80=99ve tried the gpart =E2=80=9Cthinkpad hack=E2=80=9D as well as t= rying an MBR (why > that should work I don=E2=80=99t know but the memstick one does) and GPT > options of various kinds. > > > Anyone successfully done this lately? > > > /bz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >