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EFISETUP(8)            DragonFly System Manager's Manual           EFISETUP(8)


NAME

     efisetup -- Create a complete UEFI install on a fresh drive


SYNOPSIS

     efisetup [-s swapsize{m,g}] [-S serialno] drive


DESCRIPTION

     This program will create a fresh UEFI install of DragonFly on a drive.
     The drive will be completely reformatted and any prior contents will be
     lost!

     -s swapsize{m,g}      Specify the size of the swap partition, default is
                           "8g".

     -S serialno           Specify the serial number of the device as it would
                           appear under /dev/serno/*.  In most cases this is
                           simply the reported serial number, however note
                           that the nvme(4) driver will tack on a namespace id
                           to the reported serial number, typically "-1".
                           Only specify the serial number, do not specify a
                           path prefix.  If you use this option the script
                           will install path references in fstab and so forth
                           using the serno/ path.  If you do not use this
                           option, the drive name will be used instead.  We
                           recommend using this option.

     drive                 Specify the drive, for example "nvme0".  You may
                           omit the /dev/ prefix if you wish.  The raw drive
                           should be specified, do not specify a serno/ path
                           here.


USAGE

     efisetup expects you to have completed a buildworld and buildkernel
     sequence before running the program, see build(7) for more information on
     how to build a fresh system.

     efisetup will create a fresh GPT slice table with two slices, install the
     required EFI boot files on slice 0, and install a DragonFly 64-bit
     disklabel on slice 1.  The program will then proceed to create partitions
     'a', 'b', and 'c' in the disklabel, mount them, and install the world and
     kernel.

     After the world and kernel are installed, efisetup will make adjustments
     to the target /boot/loader.conf, /etc/fstab, and /etc/rc.conf with the
     appropriate disk paths, then unmount.

     After completion of the operation you should be able to boot from the
     drive and then finish up your adjustments to /etc/rc.conf to get the
     network up and so forth.  This script does only a very basic
     installation.  For a more substantial initial installation you should
     boot from a DragonFly install image and select an EFI installation.


SEE ALSO

     uefi(8)


HISTORY

     The efisetup utility appeared in DragonFly 4.8.

DragonFly 4.7                   March 22, 2017                   DragonFly 4.7

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