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Date:      Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:12:00 -0800
From:      Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
To:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com>
Subject:   Re: UEFI ISO boot not working in 12.1 ?
Message-ID:  <817c7580bb13a15bc8f5312d15306541@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <20191106191711.GK1177@westeros.distal.com>

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 14:17:11 -0500 Chris Ross cross+freebsd@distal=2Ecom said

> Hi there=2E  I tried booting FreeBSD-12=2E1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1=2Eiso on a syst=
em
> here, which didn't work, and I found that
> FreeBSD-12=2E0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1=2Eiso
> did work on that same system=2E  Another [older] system I had was working w=
ith
> FreeBSD-12=2E1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1=2Eiso, but after I had reason to change th=
at
> older system to UEFI boot mode, I found it also would not boot the 12=2E1=
=20
> ISO any longer
>=20
> A successul UEFI boot of 12=2E0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1 shows many lines of EFI
> information to the console, and nearing the bottom:
>=20
>   BootOrder: 0001 0002 0003 0004[*]
>   BootInfo Path:
> PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x3)/CDROM(0x1)
>   BootInfo Path: VenHw(<UUID>,<octal>)
> Ignoring Boot0004: No Media Path
> Trying ESP: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x3=
)
> Setting currdev to cd3:
> -
>=20
> And, that last line is a spinning cursor, after which becomes:
>=20
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader=2Econf
>=20
> And continues on from there=2E   However, the attempt to boot 12=2E1-RELEASE
> never loads the loader and allows it to boot=2E  The console output
> for 12=2E1-RELEASE is below=2E  Can anyone help me figure out if it's somethi=
ng
> I need to do?  How has 12=2E1 changed w=2Er=2Et=2E 12=2E0 for UEFI?
>=20
> The 12=2E1-RELEASE shows the same as above until starting with "Trying ESP"=
:
>=20
> Trying ESP:
> PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x3)/CDROM(0x1)
> Setting currdev to cd4:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x1)
> Setting currdev to cd0:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x2)
> Setting currdev to cd1:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x3)
> Setting currdev to cd2:
> Trying:
> PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x3)/CDROM(0x0)
> Setting currdev to cd3:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x4)
> Setting currdev to cd5:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x5)
> Setting currdev to cd6:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x6)
> Setting currdev to cd7:
> Trying: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x5,0x0)/USB(0x2,0x0)/Unit(0x7)
> Setting currdev to cd8:
> Failed to bind bootable partition
> press any key to interrupt reboot in 5 seconds
>=20
> Let me know why 12=2E1-RELEASE is not behaving the same way on my systems=2E=2E=
=2E
>=20
> Thank you=2E
>=20
>                    - Chris

Not trying to hijack this thread,
But on a similar note; Wile I'm able to boot/install from them=2E
None of the October (12=2E1) install images will produce a bootable install=2E
So I'm stuck on RELENG-12=2E This is on a Core 13 second gen=2E
IOW my problem is the inverse of yours=2E

--Chris





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