Hi all
Recently I seen that appeared updates BIOS and firmvare for my old laptop HP ElaiteBook 8460P that manufactured in the 2011 year and decided to setup them. I updated BIOS to version F.67 Rev.A released Feb 28 2018, and firmware Intel Full Management Engine (ME) Firmware Component 7.1.91.3272 released May 5, 2017 with Intel Management Engine (ME) Firmware Update Tool for DOS or EFI 1.0.0.0 Rev.A released May 11, 2017 – this patches for Meltdown and other firmware security updates. Now I am testing sysbench performance with native Debian 10 Linux and planning comparison performance native Linux with performance Linux virtual machines in the FreeBSD on Virtual Box and Byhave hypervisor. I make Debian USB memstick from Debian DVD images with Win32 Disk Imager tool and Installed Debian without any issueless. In the near future I am planning come back to FreeBSD and make memstick.img and decided to check it. When I insert FreeBSD memstik to PC with Windows 10 I see EFI partition and non formated partion on USB memstick. When I tried boot FreeBSD from USB memstick, laptop turned on EFI mode, I seen that booted only BTX loader and system hangs on FreeBSD 11.3 and 12.0 releases.
But the other hand, when I writing DVD with FreeBSD 11.3 or 12.0 releases and boot from DVD with FreeBSD 12.0 or 11.3 – the EFI boot mode very well and haven’t any issues’ with setup FreeBSD. I don’t think that is bug, but notes, that updating to new version firmware may impossible load from FreeBSD USB memstick in the EFI mode. Using other memstick writing tool balenaEtcher take gives the same result how Win32 Disk Imager. I hope that this information saves your time.
Recently I seen that appeared updates BIOS and firmvare for my old laptop HP ElaiteBook 8460P that manufactured in the 2011 year and decided to setup them. I updated BIOS to version F.67 Rev.A released Feb 28 2018, and firmware Intel Full Management Engine (ME) Firmware Component 7.1.91.3272 released May 5, 2017 with Intel Management Engine (ME) Firmware Update Tool for DOS or EFI 1.0.0.0 Rev.A released May 11, 2017 – this patches for Meltdown and other firmware security updates. Now I am testing sysbench performance with native Debian 10 Linux and planning comparison performance native Linux with performance Linux virtual machines in the FreeBSD on Virtual Box and Byhave hypervisor. I make Debian USB memstick from Debian DVD images with Win32 Disk Imager tool and Installed Debian without any issueless. In the near future I am planning come back to FreeBSD and make memstick.img and decided to check it. When I insert FreeBSD memstik to PC with Windows 10 I see EFI partition and non formated partion on USB memstick. When I tried boot FreeBSD from USB memstick, laptop turned on EFI mode, I seen that booted only BTX loader and system hangs on FreeBSD 11.3 and 12.0 releases.
But the other hand, when I writing DVD with FreeBSD 11.3 or 12.0 releases and boot from DVD with FreeBSD 12.0 or 11.3 – the EFI boot mode very well and haven’t any issues’ with setup FreeBSD. I don’t think that is bug, but notes, that updating to new version firmware may impossible load from FreeBSD USB memstick in the EFI mode. Using other memstick writing tool balenaEtcher take gives the same result how Win32 Disk Imager. I hope that this information saves your time.