I am trying to install the last FreeBSD release into a GPT partition (ada0p9, on an AHCI SATA HDD). Setup itself is successful, but I have no idea how to boot FreeBSD. I know that a UEFI bootloader is in the works and has been merged into HEAD; but how can I boot the current release without waiting for a UEFI-enabled one?
I have other systems (Windows, GNU/Linux) on the same disk, and they all boot through UEFI bootloaders in the EFI partition ada0p1. I have a 512K freebsd-boot partition on ada0p8, but I don't know how to use it.
Trying to use grub2 to boot the system has not been successful at all:
- Trying to load /boot/loader with a kFreeBSD /boot/loader results in a blinking cursor. Nothing happens.
- Trying to load /boot/kernel/kernel and needed files (kFreeBSD /boot/kernel/kernel + kfreebsd_loadenv for device.hints, needed modules and set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ada0p9" has had no effect at all) fails instantly, and after giving the
Any ideas? How do you boot FreeBSD on UEFI systems?
I have other systems (Windows, GNU/Linux) on the same disk, and they all boot through UEFI bootloaders in the EFI partition ada0p1. I have a 512K freebsd-boot partition on ada0p8, but I don't know how to use it.
Trying to use grub2 to boot the system has not been successful at all:
- Trying to load /boot/loader with a kFreeBSD /boot/loader results in a blinking cursor. Nothing happens.
- Trying to load /boot/kernel/kernel and needed files (kFreeBSD /boot/kernel/kernel + kfreebsd_loadenv for device.hints, needed modules and set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ada0p9" has had no effect at all) fails instantly, and after giving the
boot
command on the GRUB command line it instantly reboots.Any ideas? How do you boot FreeBSD on UEFI systems?