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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:30:39 +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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you should have the binaries in boot - just ln (or copy) one to =
loader.efi

rgds,
toomas

> On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:22, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote:
>=20
> Yes ... so as everything is built, can I just alter =
LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP in /etc/make.conf and then reinstall just the =
loader and boot parts onto the UEFI partition ?  If so, how ?
>=20
>=20
> On 23 October 2018 at 21:17, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com =
<mailto:tsoome@me.com>> wrote:
> 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).
>=20
> rgds,
> toomas
>=20
> > On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:08, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net =
<mailto: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 =
<mailto: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 =
<mailto: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 =
<mailto: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 =
<mailto: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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> >>>=20
> >>>=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >> --
> >> Harry Newton
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > --=20
> > Harry Newton
> > _______________________________________________
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>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Harry Newton




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