From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 19:46:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D3C1065674 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:46:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5913F8FC0C for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:46:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0D0BA46B2A; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:46:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 99B548A037; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:46:25 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Alexandr Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:29:02 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110617; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <4EA12EC0.2040907@shurik.kiev.ua> <201110240946.25997.jhb@freebsd.org> <4EA593B1.3010009@shurik.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <4EA593B1.3010009@shurik.kiev.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201110241429.02645.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:46:25 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot boot from HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:46:26 -0000 On Monday, October 24, 2011 12:34:57 pm Alexandr wrote: > 24.10.2011 16:46, John Baldwin =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > > On Friday, October 21, 2011 4:35:12 am Alexandr wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> A few weeks ago I have migrated to a new laptop Lenovo B570 and I cann= ot > >> boot from my HDD. At the start of the boot process HDD led blinks some > >> times and boot continues from Network PXE. Bootloader from 8-RELEASE, > >> 9-STABLE, and 10-CURRENT connot solve this issue. > >> I am using a GPT scheme on my laptop: > >> > >> lenovo-b570# gpart show > >> =3D> 34 976773101 ada0 GPT (465G) > >> 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k) > >> 162 976772973 2 freebsd-zfs (465G) > >> > >> Now to boot my system I am using boottable usb-flash with Grub2 > >> installed. Choosing boot from HDD mbr starts boot my system. > >> I discussed this problem in our local mailing list, but no success. > >> The only way I see to resolve my problem at this time is to use such s= cheme: > >> > >> bios-boot (with Grub2) > >> freebsd-boot > >> freebsd-zfs > > > > Hmm, sounds like your BIOS doesn't like the PMBR and doesn't try to boo= t from > > it as a result. Have you tried updating your BIOS? From a quick searc= h it > > seems even Windows can't boot from GPT on this box, but that a BIOS upd= ate > > might fix that. > > >=20 > Yes, I have updated BIOS to the latest version, but no success. I found=20 > similar threads at freebsd forum: Hmmm, is the 0xee partition marked "active" in your MBR (if you look at the disk with fdisk for example). =2D-=20 John Baldwin