From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Oct 6 15:17:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C148AE39820 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rosti.bsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22b.google.com (mail-io0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C68E3701 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rosti.bsd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id f202so1317718ioe.0 for ; Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:17:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=kLzul4ysfLkHk431ftRz7hGSCQfI4UAokh3ArKQpVgI=; b=rPT7WqOzEgpOIcr5TA3SDHJNuos+Zhh+1vV52a+wmyZu1lV53VjwU9MXZhnGWlOhyB xyDSFQiHznZPEXpXsREnEJQCipAYtm/ew9yAOE/JFdHe7pdfOrrmJ80Bfe5VxNHckdAZ UKUmKPsbRYBfyTW7m05+EsAY6raYgPCjHtN2vVeBVWBcfY237CVsloZlY5H58YAM5+Fr 7ZO4JDsImI3Nu4CDJSknXVfhZ7oAfT86ZRwh5Q7dYEhSW7CLHGuO3MuKxzIrRE05IZXe bNh0fsbVOH8P1H0qTEeHHlJ81wBRR0JRvP+nTaRQSwtviueK2iCBYTTBAGT7vizngXAE uvYg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=kLzul4ysfLkHk431ftRz7hGSCQfI4UAokh3ArKQpVgI=; b=dPp55I1Z18Dd2bpVFwDtwW/k3BIJXgbcn1A+lC27jdxrCzaiF/V3kNai58vEXBvMbR IUjuYKtWi1lDAy8aZYnmjNi8bzd6FkZ+7q2q50KJZWzW24vZmkNq6mgbum2FPBhpZUzz Dp5SbEdTqo+axcew3F7gkTr9mx2FSYMHWqxdHbyKH2zzkrfRxarpobjuJNsWPWthpzuo bXEpQ+7QGVt/kXD/MGAW5DkNfZc52bC0pO1RIoPacVqvL6EGjpq9uSyR2gz/PG98y8zd IXbWBoIKtow/cc0f9VoKayjhdbx+vxEF2IYqNicPOGIIVEch55wUCU0On0+D2L9omb4E wHEA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaW1j7S/l2FYexy8pKB04KW5B4oKPvcsEAVWSSadBWJ2Z1Xk3woY sO677BHxpu/sgrcxMXUmfYmJ8bHh2E6NK6P01JG+1g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QC1iMJASafheLTzWFEVLXi52LLl/ghpjKafQQFHlcPZyndn+LC7l/2b5iNMb9vzIQk4ADkDhbPYIWHIaTc+r00= X-Received: by 10.107.141.86 with SMTP id p83mr3081137iod.40.1507303047733; Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:17:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.154.203 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 08:17:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Rostislav Krasny Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:17:27 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Installing amd64 FreeBSD 11.1 in dual-boot with Windows 7 on an MBR partitioned disk To: freebsd-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:17:28 -0000 Hi there, I try to install amd64 FreeBSD 11.1 in dual-boot with Windows 7 on an MBR partitioned disk and I can't make it bootable. My Windows 7 uses its standard MBR partitioning scheme (1. 100MB System Reserved Partition; 2 - 127GB disk C partition) and there is about 112GB of free unallocated disk space that I want to use to install FreeBSD on it. As an installation media I use the FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img flashed on a USB drive. During the installation, if I choose to use Guided Partitioning Tool and automatic partitioning of the free space, I get a pop-up message that says: ====== The existing partition scheme on this disk (MBR) is not bootable on this platform. To install FreeBSD, it must be repartitioned. This will destroy all data on the disk. Are you sure you want to proceed? [Yes] [No] ====== If instead of the Guided Partitioning Tool I choose to partition the disk manually I get a similar message as a warning and the installation process continues without an error, but the installed FreeBSD system is not bootable. Installing boot0 manually (boot0cfg -Bv /dev/ada0) doesn't fix it. The boot0 boot loader is able to boot Windows but it's unable to start the FreeBSD boot process. It only prints hash symbols when I press F3 (the FreeBSD slice/MBR partition number). I consider this as a critical bug. But maybe there is some workaround that allows me to install the FreeBSD 11.1 as a second OS without repartitioning the entire disk? My hardware is an Intel Core i7 4790 3.6GHz based machine with 16GB RAM. The ada0 disk is 238GB SanDisk SD8SBAT256G1122 (SSD).