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Date:      Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:28:07 +0500
From:      "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)
Message-ID:  <58578C07.7070502@norma.perm.ru>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpZcju485twh8bnX%2Bg16L01nkFoszEEieTjqhiF_Dst_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi.

On 19.12.2016 11:51, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Eugene M. Zheganin <emz@norma.perm.ru> wrote:
>> I tried the UEFI boot sequence on a Supermicro server. It boots only
>> manually, gives some cryptic error while booting automatically. When
>> entering the path to the EFI loader in a appearing prompt - it boots
>> fine, but this kills the idea.
>>
>> I've written a message here about this, so far nobody answered (August,
>> 14th, "FreeBSD doesn't boot automatically from UEFI").
>>
>> Now it runs on gptzfsboot again, so ....
> Which SuperMicro board? Our X9's have big issues with UEFI (though
> some versions of the boards seem to work). The X10's are rock solid.
>
The affected server has X9SCL/X9SCM, yup. Is there some workaround to
this, like flashing newer BIOS ?

Eugene.



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