Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 20:19:33 +0000 (UTC) From: John Gaskill <westcoastadguy@yahoo.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>, questions@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pre-install Setup Questions Message-ID: <682397249.2361958.1779221973847@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20055212-b66a-4bfb-a44d-552ace844e4b@holgerdanske.com> References: <1217898286.1570785.1778867757524.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1217898286.1570785.1778867757524@mail.yahoo.com> <7e359bcb-94fc-4395-8599-943d42d62169@holgerdanske.com> <417407029.1814314.1779032915208@mail.yahoo.com> <86fr3qau67.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <2086036150.1826563.1779037719691@mail.yahoo.com> <2ec83095-cd09-4019-a6ae-128b0d509699@holgerdanske.com> <1338542541.1997254.1779117838425@mail.yahoo.com> <20055212-b66a-4bfb-a44d-552ace844e4b@holgerdanske.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] >On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 03:33:03 PM PDT, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: >>On 5/18/26 08:23, John Gaskill wrote: >>> On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11:36:15 PM PDT, David Christensen wrote: >>> Have you tried installing from the dvd1 ISO? Does it have everything >>> you want? >> >> Yes, I did. Without success. >> >> I have the dvd drive selected as the boot drive until after the installation >> is complete, and it is recognized by the system. >> >> So I contacted ASUS Support and altered the DVD hookup, and made all >> the changes the support agent told me to make. I have checked the >> UEFI status and everything is recognized as being there and functioning. >> >> After exiting the UEFI to boot, I submit the ADMIN PW, get about ten >> seconds of black screen, the dvd lights up and rolls, but stops, and a >> different font of text message appears, stating: >> >> "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media >> in selected Boot device and press a key" >> >> Doing so produces a loop repeating the same message. >> >> A cold start, and sign in bypassing the UEFI produces the same result. >> >> IIRC the .iso type files are supposed to be self-starting in a boot use. >> >> I am also going to take this up with ASUS support today >A bad DVD could produce those results. A bad DVD drive could produce >those results. Try computing the checksum of the FreeBSD dvd1 DVD >without mounting it and compare the computed checksum to the published >checksum of the FreeBSD dvd1 ISO. Try booting a known good bootable >DVD. Try booting the FreeBSD dvd1 DVD in a system that has a known good >DVD drive. The DVD drive is new as is the Memorex dvd-r disc. I hooked up the drive to my laptop and it works fine. I used 7Zip to compute the checksum and it matches the SHA 256 published for the dvd1-iso. I use 7zip to test the file and got the following results: "7zip tested 99% I;\FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso Total Size 4244 MB Compresses Size 4242 MB Processed 4242 MB Files 30559 Errors: 1 Testing [BOOT}\ 2-Boot-NoEmul.img ----------------------------- Error Report Box 1. FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso Warnings: There are some data the end of the payload data. > If you burned the FreeBSD memstick image to a USB drive, you could boot > that and it should have a rescue shell that you could use for > trouble-shooting. > > David Due to a short term illness, I did not contact ASUS Support yesterday but will do so this afternoon. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div> <br><br>>On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 03:33:03 PM PDT, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:<br><br>>>On 5/18/26 08:23, John Gaskill wrote:<br>>>> On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11:36:15 PM PDT, David Christensen wrote:<br>>>> Have you tried installing from the dvd1 ISO? Does it have everything<br>>>> you want?<br>>><br>>> Yes, I did. Without success.<br>>><br>>> I have the dvd drive selected as the boot drive until after the installation<br>>> is complete, and it is recognized by the system.<br>>><br>>> So I contacted ASUS Support and altered the DVD hookup, and made all<br>>> the changes the support agent told me to make. I have checked the<br>>> UEFI status and everything is recognized as being there and functioning.<br>>><br>>> After exiting the UEFI to boot, I submit the ADMIN PW, get about ten<br>>> seconds of black screen, the dvd lights up and rolls, but stops, and a<br>>> different font of text message appears, stating:<br>>><br>>> "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media<br>>> in selected Boot device and press a key"<br>>><br>>> Doing so produces a loop repeating the same message.<br>>><br>>> A cold start, and sign in bypassing the UEFI produces the same result.<br>>><br>>> IIRC the .iso type files are supposed to be self-starting in a boot use.<br>>><br>>> I am also going to take this up with ASUS support today<br><br>>A bad DVD could produce those results. A bad DVD drive could produce<br>>those results. Try computing the checksum of the FreeBSD dvd1 DVD<br>>without mounting it and compare the computed checksum to the published<br>>checksum of the FreeBSD dvd1 ISO. Try booting a known good bootable<br>>DVD. Try booting the FreeBSD dvd1 DVD in a system that has a known good<br>>DVD drive.<br><br>The DVD drive is new as is the Memorex dvd-r disc. I hooked up the drive to my<br>laptop and it works fine. I used 7Zip to compute the checksum and it matches<br>the SHA 256 published for the dvd1-iso.<br><br>I use 7zip to test the file and got the following results:<br><br>"7zip tested 99% I;\FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso<br><br>Total Size 4244 MB<br>Compresses Size 4242 MB<br>Processed 4242 MB<br>Files 30559<br>Errors: 1<br><br>Testing [BOOT}\<br>2-Boot-NoEmul.img<br><br>----------------------------- Error Report Box<br><br>1. FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso<br><br> Warnings:<br> There are some data the end of the payload data. <br><br><br>> If you burned the FreeBSD memstick image to a USB drive, you could boot<br>> that and it should have a rescue shell that you could use for<br>> trouble-shooting.<br>><br>> David<br><br>Due to a short term illness, I did not contact ASUS Support yesterday but<br>will do so this afternoon. </div>home | help
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