Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

Hi. On 19.12.2016 11:51, Warner Losh wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Eugene M. Zheganin > 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

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Eugene M. Zheganin wrote: > Hi. > > On 16.12.2016 22:08, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: >> I am reading uefi(8) and it looks like FreeBSD 11 should be able to boot >> using UEFI straight into ZFS, so I am thinking of converting that >>

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

Hi. On 16.12.2016 22:08, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > I am reading uefi(8) and it looks like FreeBSD 11 should be able to boot > using UEFI straight into ZFS, so I am thinking of converting that > freebsd-boot partition to an EFI partition, creating a FAT filesystem and > copying

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: Hi everyone, A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: On 12/16/2016 11:08, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: Hi everyone, A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that the boot was not as fast as I had expected and I've realized that, while

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 16 Dec 2016, at 23:56, Warner Losh wrote: >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > ... >>> Yes, this is almost exactly what I have done on a machine that was

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > * While getting to FreeBSD's loader seems a bit faster (or maybe that's > just confirmation bias), bringing up the system does not seem much faster. > Aside from working around some buggy boot BIOSes, the main

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what other functionality will UEFI provide that > takes up 50M? > Multiple UEFI programs for diagnostics and such, possibly including standalone repair images. -- brandon s allbery

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > > My understanding is that BIOSes still boot through kind of a legacy 32-bit > path and UEFI boots straight 64-bit with all the bells and whistles. In > fact: Actually, they boot through a legacy 16 bit path,

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On 16 Dec 2016, at 23:56, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: ... >> Yes, this is almost exactly what I have done on a machine that was >> originally installed with gptzfsboot on the first partition, which was >>

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 10:49:48 +0100, Stefan Bethke wrote: > > Am 17.12.2016 um 07:12 schrieb Ian Smith : > > > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:08:34 +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > >> My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, > >> everything is

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 05:12:13PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:08:34 +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Hi, > > you've had plenty of helpful responses, but nobody has commented on: > > > My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot,

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

> Am 17.12.2016 um 07:12 schrieb Ian Smith : > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:08:34 +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: >> My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, >> everything is working fine otherwise. > > I'm skeptical that UEFI boot would be any or

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

2016-12-17 9:21 GMT+01:00 Fernando Herrero Carrón : > > > 2016-12-16 23:56 GMT+01:00 Warner Losh : > >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: >> > On 16 Dec 2016, at 18:53, Antony Uspensky wrote: >> >> >>

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

2016-12-17 7:12 GMT+01:00 Ian Smith : > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:08:34 +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Hi, > > you've had plenty of helpful responses, but nobody has commented on: > > > My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, >

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

2016-12-16 23:56 GMT+01:00 Warner Losh : > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > On 16 Dec 2016, at 18:53, Antony Uspensky wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > >>> On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:08:34 +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > Hi everyone, Hi, you've had plenty of helpful responses, but nobody has commented on: > My only reason for wanting to boot with UEFI is faster boot, > everything is working fine otherwise. I'm skeptical that UEFI boot

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 16 Dec 2016, at 18:53, Antony Uspensky wrote: >> >> On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >>> On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100,

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On 16 Dec 2016, at 18:53, Antony Uspensky wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >> On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carr?n wrote: Hi everyone, A few months ago I got

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Eric van Gyzen wrote: On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carr?n wrote: Hi everyone, A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:43:18AM -0600, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running >

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On 12/16/2016 11:39, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running >> FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that the boot was not as fast as I had

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 06:08:34PM +0100, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running > FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that the boot was not as fast as I had > expected and I've realized that, while my disk is GPT

Re: Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

On 12/16/2016 11:08, Fernando Herrero Carrón wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running > FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that the boot was not as fast as I had > expected and I've realized that, while my disk is GPT partitioned, the boot

Upgrading boot from GPT(BIOS) to GPT(UEFI)

Hi everyone, A few months ago I got myself a new box and I have been happily running FreeBSD on it ever since. I noticed that the boot was not as fast as I had expected and I've realized that, while my disk is GPT partitioned, the boot process is still BIOS based: % gpart show => 34