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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:17:05 +0300
From:      Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
To:        Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: UEFI boot hangs after loader
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ok, in that case I=E2=80=99d suggest to test out if forth based one is =
still working - at least you can get the bootable system. And then there =
is a chance to debug the lua version too (note it should be possible to =
chain /boot/loader_lua.efi).

rgds,
toomas

> On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:08, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote:
>=20
> So it's got FORTH in it, but my loader is lua based, and also doesn't
> appear to read loader.rc.
>=20
> /H
>=20
> On 23 October 2018 at 21:03, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:
>=20
>> hm. in that case, whats the content of /boot/loader.rc ?
>>=20
>> rgds,
>> toomas
>>=20
>>=20
>> On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:01, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote:
>>=20
>> If boot menu is the screen where you get the options for various =
kernels
>> and the picture of the daemon head, no.  It stops at the point in my =
email
>> =E2=80=94 though not as I said just before the kernel is loaded but =
in point of
>> fact before the menu.
>>=20
>> I've also rebuilt the kernel and still can't use efibootmgr which is
>> puzzling me.
>>=20
>> /H
>>=20
>>=20
>> On 23 October 2018 at 20:56, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Do you get boot menu? if so, press esc to get to ok prompt, then =
type
>>> start - if its bootfort based loader, it will load the kernel and =
modules.
>>> lsmod will then list the loaded files.
>>>=20
>>> If the loader prompt is still usable, then next command would be: =
boot
>>>=20
>>> rgds,
>>> toomas
>>>=20
>>>> On 23 Oct 2018, at 20:45, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>> Just upgraded my Asus UX303L (amd64) from 11-STABLE to 12.0-BETA1
>>> r339529
>>>> by source.  Have a problem with booting which hangs after:
>>>>=20
>>>>>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
>>>> Loader path: /boot/loader.efi
>>>>=20
>>>> Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
>>>> Probing 5 block devices ... done
>>>> ZFS found the following pools: zroot
>>>> UFS found no partitions
>>>> Consoles: EFI console
>>>> FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, Revision 1.1
>>>>=20
>>>>   Command line arguments: loader.efi
>>>>   EFI version 2.31
>>>>   EFI Firmware: American Megatrends (rev 4.654)
>>>>   Console: efi(0)
>>>>   Load Path: HD(4, GPT [ ... ]
>>>>   Load Device: Pci Root [ ... ]
>>>>   Boot Current: 0001
>>>>   Boot Order: 0001 [x]
>>>>   Boot Info Path: HS(1, GPT,  [ ... ]  /\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI
>>>> -
>>>>=20
>>>> So it gets into loader.efi which runs but stops I think just before
>>> loading
>>>> the kernel.  Partitions:
>>>>=20
>>>> =3D>       40  250069600  ada0  GPT  (119G)
>>>>        40       1600     1  efi  (800K)
>>>>      1640       1024     2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>>>>      2664       1432        - free -  (716K)
>>>>      4096    4194304     3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
>>>>   4198400  245870592     4  freebsd-zfs  (117G)
>>>> 250068992        648        - free -  (324K)
>>>>=20
>>>> and the EFI partition is FAT 12.
>>>>=20
>>>> I can't provide (at the moment) any output from efibootmgr:
>>>>=20
>>>> root@gryphon:~ # efibootmgr -v
>>>> efibootmgr: efi variables not supported on this system. root? =
kldload
>>> efirt?
>>>> root@gryphon:~ # kldload efirt
>>>> kldload: can't load efirt: module already loaded or in kernel
>>>>=20
>>>> which I don't understand.
>>>>=20
>>>> I'm going to rebuild the kernel (currently GENERIC) and see if that
>>> allows
>>>> me to load efirt / use efibootmgr.
>>>>=20
>>>> In the meantime, I should be very grateful for any advice.
>>>>=20
>>>> ( Currently booting using a 11-RELEASE memstick image and dropping =
into
>>> its
>>>> loader to get to the installed 12-STABLE ).
>>>>=20
>>>> /Harry
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>> Harry Newton
>>=20
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