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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:25:31 -0800 (PST) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7FA6EBCD-71E8-41D8-8C31-6DCB289CBEC1@sermon-archive.info> <20251214070653.24eed224@dorfdsl.de> In-Reply-To: <20251214070653.24eed224@dorfdsl.de> From: Liam Proven Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:25:19 +0000 X-Gm-Features: AQt7F2pvJBP_uUj2gql9zmZpZ2NDWjKV8ioErjd5ZDQHA8YxJYLyAVH6hPttWzo Message-ID: Subject: Re: Disk Structures To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[sitpub.com,quarantine]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[sitpub.com:s=google]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::62a:from]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[sitpub.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4dVyNd6TZQz3dKb On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 at 06:07, Marco Moock wrote: > > If that system uses EFI to boot, those partitions need to exist as they > contain the EFI bootloader. > > Is that the case for your machines? It is a Raspberry Pi. It is an ARM computer, not an x86 PC. The Pi does not use EFI; it does not use a bootloader at all. The system is controlled by the VideoCore GPU which runs the Microsoft ThreadX RTOS and after that boots, the GPU loads the Arm OS from a FAT32 partition then starts the Arm and passes it the OS image as a payload. > efibootmgr shows you that in case you booted in EFI mode. No, not on a Pi. -- Liam Proven ~ lproven@sitpub.com Open Source Reporter, the Register ~ https://www.theregister.com/ Isle of Man tel: +44 7624 227612 ~ UK tel: +44 7939 087884 (*not* 24x7) Czech tel: +420 702 829 053 (also WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal)