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    Can't get 2.4 to boot on EFI

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      ShadowofReason
      last edited by

      Hi.

      For some reason i don't get an EFI boot entry to appear in the BIOS setup menu after booting from the UEFI dvd that i burned with the latest pfsense 2.4 img..
      This is my board: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/server-motherboards/server-board-s1200v3rp.html

      I tried to manually add it " fs0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI "  in the BIOS setup menu but that didn't help either.

      Does anyone have any suggestions?

      Thanks in advance.

      EDIT: Corrected typo.

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      • Raul RamosR
        Raul Ramos
        last edited by

        Hi

        Have you put the last ""? i believe you mean ", BOOTX64.EFI is a file. Should end with BOOTX64.EFI and not BOOTX64.EFI\

        With EFI i only test Virtualbox and no need to do anything.

        pfSense:
        ASRock -> Wolfdale1333-D667 (2GB TeamElite Ram)
        Marvell 88SA8040 Sata to CF(Sandisk 4GB) Controller
        NIC's: RTL8100E (Internal ) and Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual (Intel 82571GB)

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          ShadowofReason
          last edited by

          Sorry. Made a typo in the original post. No i didn't put BOOTX64.EFI with a \ in the end.

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          • Raul RamosR
            Raul Ramos
            last edited by

            If you want more help you should put more info like efi mapping table and boot dump.
            Sorry don't remember the EFI commands.

            pfSense:
            ASRock -> Wolfdale1333-D667 (2GB TeamElite Ram)
            Marvell 88SA8040 Sata to CF(Sandisk 4GB) Controller
            NIC's: RTL8100E (Internal ) and Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual (Intel 82571GB)

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            • w0wW
              w0w
              last edited by

              fs0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI should not work for DVD, I think.
              Depending on hardware you must search for similar instructions like this one http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN142679/en
              Or if you hardware supports booting into EFI shell you can research boot entries with bcfg utility. You can even make an USB with EFI shell and boot from it.
              https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi
              Just format your USB with FAT32 and rename/create path  /EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
              Boot from USB and you must enter into shell directly. Use https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/efi-shells-and-scripting/ for help

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