Category: UEFI
FHD and 8×16 font for FreeBSD guests in VirtualBox
I decided to play with FreeBSD 13.3-RC1 in VirtualBox. My display is capable of 1920×1200, and we must specify this both in the VirtualBox XML file for the guest and in the guest’s /boot/loader.conf. The font specification goes in the latter file.
Read More → FHD and 8×16 font for FreeBSD guests in VirtualBoxDell Precision 5530 boot firmware 1.8.1 almost failed to recognize USB memory stick
Today, I received a brand new Dell Precision 5530 running boot firmware 1.8.1 to be handed out to a colleague. The first attempt at booting off an USB memory stick didn’t look promising as I never saw an entry for the stick in the F12 boot menu.
Read More → Dell Precision 5530 boot firmware 1.8.1 almost failed to recognize USB memory stickCitrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 and FreeBSD guests running with UEFI boot firmware
I installed Citrix XenServer 7.2 on a spare server, created a small VM running FreeBSD/amd64 head r347896, and updated the host all the way to XS 7.6. Upgrading to Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 requires boot media, and the procedure is pretty painless. I added the XS80E001.zip update and rebooted the host. Neither a license server nor a license […]
Read More → Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 and FreeBSD guests running with UEFI boot firmwareefi_max_resolution needed on base/head for UEFI systems without FHD displays
r331464 added efi_max_resolution. If you run base/head on monitors without Full HD (FHD), then you might need to specify your desired resolution in /boot/loader.conf. This should suffice for a resolution of 1280×1024 on 19 inches displays.
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KBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for base/head and base/stable/10
Finally, KBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for those of us using keyboard layouts different from the US/UK keyboard layout. This is very handy when running in single-user mode.
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FreeBSD’s UEFI boot loader now supports ZFS pools
As of r294999 it’s possible to boot FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10 from ZFS pools on systems running UEFI firmware. Up until now I have booted my UEFI ZFS laptop using the older boot1.efi boot loader with /boot located on a UFS partition. Earlier today I updated my EFI System Partition (ESP), put /boot back where it belongs, […]
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Over the last few days have I experimented with UEFI and GPT in VirtualBox 4.3.26. The goal was to multiboot various operating system, in this case Windows 10 Enterprise Technical Preview 9926 x64 and FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10. First, I thought of persuading the UEFI firmware to always present its boot menu. It sure beats remembering to […]
Read More → UEFI, GPT, Windows 10, FreeBSD 10, and rEFIndUEFI booting FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10 in VirtualBox 4.3.24
VirtualBox 4.3.24 is out, so I wanted to try out the UEFI version of the latest FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10 snapshot. It didn’t go well until I realised something important, however strange it may be.
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