Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 04:17:43 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 290981] Install does not add itself to UEFI menu on WD SN850X NVMe drive. Worked in 14.3 Message-ID: <bug-290981-8135-NDEC5gdkMU@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-290981-8135@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-290981-8135@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290981 --- Comment #3 from Steve Rikli <sr@genyosha.net> --- I think I'm hitting the same problem, using FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso as the install image on USB media, booting in UEFI mode. My setup is an ASRock ITX motherboard, it was originally installed with FreeBSD 14.3 UEFI and had been running for months. For 15.0 I installed a new sysdisk -- 120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD -- no other changes to the system. My target install is traditional Distribution Sets, UFS filesystems. During install I didn't see any prompting/menus about old UEFI boot entries. The install appeared to complete normally, but the system failed to boot, with typical POST messages about selecting a proper boot device. I checked the BIOS/UEFI boot config menus, re-confirmed it was set to boot UEFI, and as expected, did not see "FreeBSD" or related UEFI boot options for the sysdisk. I booted the same 15.0 media again, selected [Shell], and checked: # sysctl machdep.bootmethod machdep.bootmethod: UEFI # efibootmgr -v Boot to FW : false BootCurrent: 0007 Timeout : 1 seconds BootOrder : 0005, 0006, 0004, 0007, 0000 Boot0005* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0) Boot0006* USB BBS(USB,,0x0) Boot0004* UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell VenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012) +Boot0007* UEFI: SanDisk Cruzer 1.26 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x0)/USB(0x1,0x0)/USB(0x3,0x0)/HD(2,GPT,ce1f65a8-cc22-11f0-1d08-61407e6af4da,0x50,0x1000) VenHw(2d6447ef-3bc9-41a0-ac19-4d51d01b4ce6,320030003000340031003100300030003900320030003700440044003400330032003400350045000000) Boot0000* debian VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb) HD(1,GPT,cde9edaf-6b1d-4429-9bf7-858abbc83183,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi) Unreferenced Variables: ---- I mounted the / and /boot/efi/ partitions at /mnt/ and ran efibootmgr for the new sysdisk similar to Peter Kay's notes. Afterwards the system booted the newly-installed FreeBSD 15.0 as hoped, and: root@nasbox:~ # efibootmgr -v Boot to FW : false BootCurrent: 0002 Timeout : 1 seconds BootOrder : 0002, 0005, 0004, 0000 +Boot0002* FreeBSD15 HD(1,GPT,750b94dd-dc76-11f0-a09c-90e2ba51ee18,0x28,0x82000)/File(\efi\freebsd\loader.efi) ada1p1:/efi/freebsd/loader.efi /boot/efi//efi/freebsd/loader.efi Boot0005* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0) Boot0004* UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell VenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012) Boot0000* debian VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb) HD(1,GPT,cde9edaf-6b1d-4429-9bf7-858abbc83183,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi) Unreferenced Variables: ---- So while there appears to be some problem with UEFI setup in the 15.0 installer, at least the installation is rescueable. Now that I've had a good 15.0 install on this system, I may try it again from scratch to see if the success is repeatable. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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