Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:43:54 +0100 From: Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach <johannes-maria@t-online.de> To: questions@freebsd.org, Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to boot from internal hard disks on new PC -- Solved Message-ID: <20230218104354.GA7524@localhost.org> In-Reply-To: <20221230151239.GA14233@localhost.org> References: <cba40072-9fe3-b75c-669b-3d7282944d44@freebsd.org> <20221227140807.GE11926@localhost.org> <5f3b33a4dc7f71cbcfe04e919cc7502cb6bca59a.camel@riseup.net> <20221227160752.GF11926@localhost.org> <5c6033d260d2b26462e7b36fcd12c49f73a98bf0.camel@riseup.net> <20221228102621.GA4946@localhost.org> <20221228115257.GE4946@localhost.org> <ACE9F684-E9A7-4A4F-9A16-983B0944A924@nimnet.asn.au> <20221229094838.GA2343@localhost.org> <20221230151239.GA14233@localhost.org>
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Hello, it's a (very) long time but it was eventually solved and since last Thursday (16 Feb) I can boot from the hard disks. Some information for those who remember or are interested: It was nothing wront with my formatting the hard disks of the new PC or the installing of FreeBSD. First I tried (almost) every combination of choices in Bios but without success. After several emails to and from the supplier which didn't solve the problem I sent the PC back. They made some checks and returned it with an 'everything is OK'. They've also reformatted all four disks with only one partition of which 'gpart show' says it's 'ms-basic-data' (whatever that is); no EFI partition. They've probably not understood my problem. So again emails and telephone conversations. They suggested to enable CSM support in Bios; but when I tried the screen went black and I had to reset Bios and disable CSM. Then the support told me that since two or three years Intel tries to force to disable CSM so they disconnect the HDMI output on the motherboard so I should use a graphics card (I didn't have one and usually don't need a graphics card). With a graphics card I could enable CSM without blanking the screen -- but the disks were still not bootable (they didn't show up in Bios at all). Besides the internal hard disks there's an option for removable disks (ICY Dock; at present still empty) so the four SATA connections on the motherboard aren't enough and there's an additional SATA controller card. Of course I assumed that the ICY Dock is connected to the controller card and the disks directly to the motherboard. But that was not the case! (It was not obvious to see; the cables for both were strongly twisted in one large bundle.) After connecting the hard disks directly to the motherboard (and again searching for the correct Bios configuration) I could boot from the disks. Thanks and best regards, Johannes-Maria
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