On 2017-10-04 05:27, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Allan Jude: > >>> Anyone has any recommendations or experience about how to use native 4K >>> disks with FreeBSD? > >>> --HPS > >> It is not possible in legacy/BIOS mode, because the BIOS calls do not >> let you specify a sector size. > >> However, you SHOULD be able to boot from the 4k device using UEFI. >> I am trying to debug a problem I am having with this on my new Mac, >> which has a 4k NVMe disk. > > I've been trying to figure how to boot a FreeBSD system with UEFI as opposed > to BIOS-style. > > I read the documentation, but want to boot a partition that might not be the > first BSD partition on the hard disk. > > For instance, some UFS partitions might have a NetBSD installation, a > different FreeBSD installation, or no OS installation. > > I read the man page (uefi) and looked at the files in /boot; have an EFI > partition set up with more than enough space. > > I would also want to be able to boot other UEFI-capable OSes including Linux, > NetBSD (if that works), and Haiku when and if possible. > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >
In this case, You likely want to install a tool like rEFInd, which will draw a menu of all of the installed OSes and let you pick. I use this in two of my laptops, one dual boots freebsd and windows, and the other OS X and FreeBSD on my macbook pro -- Allan Jude _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
