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Date:      Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:09:12 +0200
From:      Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
To:        chris.h@ultimatedns.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install
Message-ID:  <353EF18E-0421-4687-B64B-C5D5DBA69A30@me.com>
In-Reply-To: <9d22703dc453379bfa65fe9ca3803562@udns.ultimatedns.net>
References:  <9d22703dc453379bfa65fe9ca3803562@udns.ultimatedns.net>

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> On 7. Nov 2019, at 19:37, Chris.H <chris.h@ultimatedns.net> wrote:
>=20
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me.com said
>=20
>> > On 7. Nov 2019, at 17:23, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:49:52 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail.com said
>> >> I chose GPT.
>> > > 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.
>> > if your system is not booting from GPT disk, it means it is not =
standards
>> compliant.
> Interesting. So then RELENG-12 is not "Standards" compliant. While =
13-CURRENT is?


Can not tell if you do not provide actual information, we can not really =
tell too much. However, based on the partition tables below, I can tell =
a bit.

Those disks are using GPT, there is EFI partition, which does suggest =
UEFI boot and not BIOS boot. There is no freebsd-boot partition, meaning =
the standard pmbr boot block does not work (if installed) =E2=80=94 pmbr =
does search for freebsd-boot and will load its content and jumps on it. =
Without seeing your sector 0, I can not tell what code is there (if =
any), and based on partitions on that system, it is possible the BIOS =
boot is not installed at all. In a similar way, without seeing EFI =
partition content, we can not tell if UEFI boot is actually installed - =
EFI partition should have FAT file system with specific directory tree.

To make things better, the exact description would be helpful, so the =
devs taking care of installer could review the information and make =
fixes.

rgds,
toomas


> IOW I attempted in early October to install each of the (13-CURRENT) =
install
> images available. Both on a 500Gb disk, and a 1Tb disk. All w/o =
success. In
> desperation, I settled for the then (most recent) RELENG-12. 12 =
installed
> as all previous FreeBSD installs have done successfully.
> So something in (recent) 13' boot layout has changed. I can boot =
Legacy/UEFI/GPT
> on 12. But cannot boot at all in recent 13.
> Following is the output of the RELENG-12 disk, as well as 13-CURRENT:
>=20
> LIVE BOOTED DISK @FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p10 #0 =
r353409:
> Thu Oct 10 15:57:48 PDT 2019 amd64
>=20
> Geom name: ada0
> modified: false
> state: OK
> fwheads: 16
> fwsectors: 63
> last: 976773127
> first: 40
> entries: 152
> scheme: GPT
> Providers:
> 1. Name: ada0p1
>  Mediasize: 209715200 (200M)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 20480
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: HD(1,GPT,280cea32-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0x28,0x64000)
>  rawuuid: 280cea32-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
>  label: (null)
>  length: 209715200
>  offset: 20480
>  type: efi
>  index: 1
>  end: 409639
>  start: 40
> 2. Name: ada0p2
>  Mediasize: 27707572224 (26G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 209735680
>  Mode: r1w1e2
>  efimedia: =
HD(2,GPT,2856af2c-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0x64028,0x339c000)
>  rawuuid: 2856af2c-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: troot
>  length: 27707572224
>  offset: 209735680
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 2
>  end: 54525991
>  start: 409640
> 3. Name: ada0p3
>  Mediasize: 3984588800 (3.7G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 2147504128
>  Mode: r1w1e1
>  efimedia: =
HD(3,GPT,3c01ab9d-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0x3400028,0x76c000)
>  rawuuid: 3c01ab9d-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: tswap
>  length: 3984588800
>  offset: 27917307904
>  type: freebsd-swap
>  index: 3
>  end: 62308391
>  start: 54525992
> 4. Name: ada0p4
>  Mediasize: 68719476736 (64G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 1837125632
>  Mode: r1w1e2
>  efimedia: =
HD(4,GPT,4abf5d7c-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0x3b6c028,0x8000000)
>  rawuuid: 4abf5d7c-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: tvar
>  length: 68719476736
>  offset: 31901896704
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 4
>  end: 196526119
>  start: 62308392
> 5. Name: ada0p5
>  Mediasize: 289910292480 (270G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 1837125632
>  Mode: r1w1e2
>  efimedia: =
HD(5,GPT,58f639dd-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0xbb6c028,0x21c00000)
>  rawuuid: 58f639dd-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: tusr
>  length: 289910292480
>  offset: 100621373440
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 5
>  end: 762757159
>  start: 196526120
> 6. Name: ada0p6
>  Mediasize: 109521666048 (102G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 0
>  Stripeoffset: 3984609280
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(6,GPT,650e64bd-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f,0x2d76c028,0xcc00000)
>  rawuuid: 650e64bd-eae6-11e9-ae21-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: txtra
>  length: 109521666048
>  offset: 390531665920
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 6
>  end: 976666663
>  start: 762757160
> Consumers:
> 1. Name: ada0
>  Mediasize: 500107862016 (466G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Mode: r4w4e11
> # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
> FRESH 13-CURRENT INSTALL
>=20
> Geom name: ada1
> modified: false
> state: OK
> fwheads: 16
> fwsectors: 63
> last: 1953525127
> first: 40
> entries: 152
> scheme: GPT
> Providers:
> 1. Name: ada1p1
>  Mediasize: 272629760 (260M)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: HD(1,GPT,8dace702-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x28,0x82000)
>  rawuuid: 8dace702-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
>  label: (null)
>  length: 272629760
>  offset: 20480
>  type: efi
>  index: 1
>  end: 532519
>  start: 40
> 2. Name: ada1p2
>  Mediasize: 34087104512 (32G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(2,GPT,8df547ab-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x82028,0x3f7dff8)
>  rawuuid: 8df547ab-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: throot
>  length: 34087104512
>  offset: 272650240
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 2
>  end: 67108895
>  start: 532520
> 3. Name: ada1p3
>  Mediasize: 3984588800 (3.7G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(3,GPT,9f2f2dc5-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x4000020,0x76c000)
>  rawuuid: 9f2f2dc5-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: thswap
>  length: 3984588800
>  offset: 34359754752
>  type: freebsd-swap
>  index: 3
>  end: 74891295
>  start: 67108896
> 4. Name: ada1p4
>  Mediasize: 102005473280 (95G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(4,GPT,ae68c2ee-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x476c020,0xbe00000)
>  rawuuid: ae68c2ee-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: thvar
>  length: 102005473280
>  offset: 38344343552
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 4
>  end: 274120735
>  start: 74891296
> 5. Name: ada1p5
>  Mediasize: 108447924224 (101G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(5,GPT,bc0f8682-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x1056c020,0xca00000)
>  rawuuid: bc0f8682-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: thusr
>  length: 108447924224
>  offset: 140349816832
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 5
>  end: 485933087
>  start: 274120736
> 6. Name: ada1p6
>  Mediasize: 751407124480 (700G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>  efimedia: =
HD(6,GPT,c68e3558-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f,0x1cf6c020,0x5779ad68)
>  rawuuid: c68e3558-fbde-11e9-9be1-4c72b9f5e07f
>  rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
>  label: thxtra
>  length: 751407124480
>  offset: 248797741056
>  type: freebsd-ufs
>  index: 6
>  end: 1953525127
>  start: 485933088
> Consumers:
> 1. Name: ada1
>  Mediasize: 1000204886016 (932G)
>  Sectorsize: 512
>  Stripesize: 4096
>  Stripeoffset: 0
>  Mode: r0w0e0
>=20
>=20
>> rgds,
>> toomas
> <DISKS>




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