Re: boot.cfg dev command not working

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025, Robert Elz wrote:

>    Date:        Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:29:12 -0700 (PDT)
>    From:        Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
>    Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.4.64.2503221223020.8810%speedy.whooppee.com@localhost>
>
>  | My default is the efi wedge, since that is the one marked with the
>  | ``bootme'' attribute.
>
> That sounds wrong to me, bootme is a BSD invention (FreeBSD orig I believe),
> there would be no point setting that on an ESP as the firmware has found,
> and used, that, before anything that understands bootme starts running.
>
> I think its intention is to set which partition is to be the default root.
My machine doesn't work this way.  It fails to boot if I mark the
NetBSD partition; instead it proceeds to the next bootable device.
The bootme flag seems to be acting as "this is where bootx64.efi is
found".

I maintain a complete bootable backup system on a second drive, so
when the firmware finds no *.eefi in the bootme wedge, it ends up 
loading boot.cfg and friends from the backup, which is not desired.



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