Tomoaki AOKI
2020-Mar-17 13:07 UTC
what 3rd party boot mgr is required to boot multiple freebsd versions?
On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:31:59 +0300 Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey at gmail.com> wrote:> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 1:24 AM Chris <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > > I'm attempting to boot multiple versions of FreeBSD. > > I started with an install of older 11 with a (u)efi > > boot partition installed. I then grabbed an current 11 > > usbstick, and installed that. Which stated it needed to > > install a (u)efi boot partition. I let it do it. But the > > new (additional) install doesn't show up at boot. Altho > > my UEFI BIOS sees it. > > I guess there are just too many uefi bios versions, > > and too many changes in the FreeBSD uefi boot code > > to expect consistent results over the long haul. > > Should I just convert the 1st efi (GPT) boot partition > > to a PMBR, and delete the second efi partition. Or is > > there a recommended bootmanager I can use to boot multiple > > versions of FreeBSD? Windows? > > > > upgrade system and use > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=efibootmgr&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports > ;) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current at freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"Or if you want boot-time selection, try the patch proposed on Bug 207940 [1]. efibootmgr can be used only for "next boot and later", IIUC. The latest patch is for head and stable/12. Applicable on top of /usr/src. Patch for stable/11 is NOT tested / maintained for more than one year, so possibly doesn't apply / work anymore. [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207940 -- Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon at dec.sakura.ne.jp>