Booting multiple BSDs.

[Weaver]

On 13-11-2020 18:59, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> What's the best way of going about this?
>> I've search engined around and all I can find most of the time is
>> multi-booting with Windows, which I ,left behind when XP came out, or
>> rambling non-specifics and vague references.
>> Is installing gptboot the go, then hitting a key to gain interactive
>> mode, then choosing a partition to boot from, or is there something a
>> little more automated available?
>> Thanks for any time and trouble entered into.
> 
>> Harry Weaver
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> What are those strange characters in the footer of your message, after
> the "--" line?  I can't read them as anything rational: look like
> hexadecimal codes.

Basically an image made up of dots.

 
> I run FreeBSD and NetBSD, using GPT and no traditional BSD disklabels
> that would drive me crazy.  I find OpenBSD not compatible on my
> system.
> 
> LiveUSB OpenBSD from liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.net can't read or
> recognize my GPT-partitioned hard drive, and didn't recognize my
> Realtek Ethernet chip, 8111E/8168, haven't fully tested with wi-fi
> since I copied necessary firmware using FreeBSD.
> 
> I usually use Super Grub2 Disk, available on earlier versions of the
> System Rescue CD written to USB stick, but am trying to move over to
> UEFI boot, need to more deeply study what I can do at FreeBSD loader
> prompt or NetBSD boot prompt.
> 
> What/where is the gptboot you might want to install?  Is it in FreeBSD
> ports, base system, or somewhere else?  I notice FreeBSD >= 12.x has
> efibootmgr in base system, not avaliable in NetBSD base system or
> pkgsrc.
> 
> I notice /boot/gptboot in FreeBSD base system, that would not be a
> separate installation.

Apparently it handles booting as part of the base install, and
automatically passes off to the bootloader, but if you hit any key
within 3 seconds, apparently it defaults to interactive mode and you can
select any partition to boot from. So, if it recognises the partitions
of other installations, I thought that might be one way of doing it if
you had multi-installs.
Cheers!

Harry Weaver

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> Tom
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