what 3rd party boot mgr is required to boot multiple freebsd versions?

[Chris]

On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:24:24 -0500 Karl Denninger karl at denninger.net said

> On 3/16/2020 17:23, Chris 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?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > --Chris
> >
> Refind perhaps?
Thanks for the reply, Karl! :)
I've used that before for FreeBSD/MacOS combos. I'll look at it again.

For the record. I'm *only* using FreeBSD in this situation. I
only mentioned Windows above, for the use of it's boot manager.

Thanks again!

--Chris
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