From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Nov 7 15:28:22 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8501B7950 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 15:28:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from pv50p00im-ztdg10021901.me.com (pv50p00im-ztdg10021901.me.com [17.58.6.55]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4786jx53fpz3L6V for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 15:28:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from nazgul.lan (148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee [80.235.52.148]) by pv50p00im-ztdg10021901.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 49659880E55; Thu, 7 Nov 2019 15:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.0 \(3601.0.10\)) Subject: Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install From: Toomas Soome In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Cc: bsd-lists@bsdforge.com, Current Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7AE5B109-5458-4246-B561-C10C382DE1D7@me.com> References: <20191107094952.19572ba9@ernst.home> <034cfa5dc0da902e724528567df2d029@udns.ultimatedns.net> To: Daniel Nebdal X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3601.0.10) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:, , definitions=2019-11-07_05:, , signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1911070147 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4786jx53fpz3L6V X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.60 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:17.58.0.0/16]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[me.com]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[me.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[me.com,quarantine]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[148.52.235.80.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[55.6.58.17.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:714, ipnet:17.58.0.0/20, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[me.com]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[me.com:s=1a1hai]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-8.62), ipnet: 17.58.0.0/20(-2.45), asn: 714(-2.52), country: US(-0.05)]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[me.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:28:22 -0000 > On 7. Nov 2019, at 17:23, Daniel Nebdal wrote: >=20 >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:49:52 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail.com said >> I chose GPT. >=20 > Maybe whoever wrote the EFI/BIOS code in your machine went all-in on > "Legacy", and it only handles MBR disks (or disks < 2.2TB)? > After all, it seems like "not booting" would be a standards-compliant > way for a classic BIOS to handle a GPT disk. >=20 if your system is not booting from GPT disk, it means it is not = standards compliant. rgds, toomas