Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:07:17 -0800 From: Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Subject: Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install Message-ID: <8796e4c2dedffbdd8502c07bab861c9a@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <353EF18E-0421-4687-B64B-C5D5DBA69A30@me.com>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:09:12 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me.com said > > On 7. Nov 2019, at 19:37, Chris.H <chris.h@ultimatedns.net> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me.com said > > > >> > 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) — 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. Right. Sorry. I forgot you had asked for the output of dd(1). I've done so, and will send you the output directly (off list). Thank you! > > rgds, > toomas > > [snip] --Chris
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