Richard Kuhns
2016-Oct-28 12:02 UTC
Problem installing 11-stable on a Dell 5510, UEFI boot
Hello, I have a nice new Dell Precision 5510 laptop that I ordered preloaded with Ubuntu 14.10, and I'd *really* like to have FreeBSD on it instead. I've put the memstick image on a 2GB USB stick per the instructions on freebsd.org, but when I bring up the boot menu on the 5510 the USB drive isn't offered as a boot device. I've disabled Secure Boot & I made sure that the 5510 is allowed to boot from a USB device. I then decided to build my own image, following the instructions on the wiki: gpart create -s gpt da0 gpart add -t efi -s 800K da0 gpart add -t freebsd-ufs da0 dd if=/boot/boot1.efifat of=/dev/da0p1 newfs -U -L FreeBSD /dev/da0p2 Followed by: mount /dev/da0p2 /mnt make DESTDIR=/mnt installkernel installworld distribution echo "/dev/da0p2 / ufs rw 1 1" >> /mnt/etc/fstab umount /mnt It took a while to install and apparently worked fine, with no errors, but it still didn't show up in the boot menu. I had created an Ubuntu recovery image when I first fired up the 5510 and wrote it to a USB drive, and it shows up in the boot menu. Just for fun I downloaded a Linux Mint 18 XFCE installation ISO that I copied to the USB drive using the same method I used for the FreeBSD memstick image. It shows up on the boot menu & I verified that I can boot it. I'll run Mint with XFCE if I have to, but I'd really prefer FreeBSD. Can anyone offer suggestions as to what I should try next? Thanks! -- Richard Kuhns <rjk at wintek.com> Wintek Corporation 427 N 6th Street Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541