On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 2:15 PM Ruben van Staveren <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also, I’m missing /boot/*efifat* in FreeBSD13. What is the procedure for >> updating EFI loaders? >> > > They have been removed because they are no longer needed (filesystem > images for boot blocks trouble me too). > > > Agree, but I’ve felt I’ve missed the memo > I did it long enough ago I had forgotten to make sure people upgrading from 12 knew. > > mount -t msdos /dev/da0pX /mnt > mv /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64-old.efi > cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi > > The ESP on UEFI systems is just a FAT filesystem. > > > Yes. > > I think it it noteworthy to have this in the release notes somewhere. that > is, if bootx64.efi needs updates every now and then > That's a good suggestion. I'll make sure something is in the release notes. Warner > > One issue you may run into is the size of the partition. If it is tiny, > you'll likely have to create a new ESP. Using /boot/boot1.efi may help and > can be used in the last step instead of loader.efi, but it's much less > flexible than loader.efi. > > Warner > > > Thanks, > Ruben > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
