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Date:      Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:43:33 +0200
From:      Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
To:        "bsd-lists@bsdforge.com" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install
Message-ID:  <18D24655-A43E-4B56-8754-571C3978FA0D@me.com>
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> On 8. Nov 2019, at 20:34, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:32:25 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail.com =
<mailto:gljennjohn@gmail.com> said
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>> On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:41:01 -0800
>> Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> 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-CURRE
>> > NT is?
>> > IOW I attempted in early October to install each of the =
(13-CURRENT) instal
>> > l
>> > images available. Both on a 500Gb disk, and a 1Tb disk. All w/o =
success. In
>> > desperation, I settled for the then (most recent) RELENG-12. 12 =
installed
>> > as all previous FreeBSD installs have done successfully.
>> > So something in (recent) 13' boot layout has changed. I can boot =
Legacy/UEF
>> > I/GPT
>> > on 12. But cannot boot at all in recent 13.
>> >
>> I noticed that your 12 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions
>> but 13 has Stripesize: 4096 on all partitions.
>> My bootable 13 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions.
>> Whether that is the cause of your problem I can't say.
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> Thanks for the reply, Gary.
> Toomas also had some valuable input on my problem booting 13.
> In any case. I used the installer to create the disk layout. I didn't
> do anything different than I have for many years installing FreeBSD =
from
> the install sources. What puzzles me, is that RELENG-12 creates a
> bootable install, whereas 13-CURRENT won't.
> I've manually setup disks innumerable times in the past. I'll see
> if doing so produces bootable media doing it from a 13-CURRENT live
> DVD, or MEMSTICK, and report my findings.
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> Thanks again for taking the time to reply, Gary.
>>=20

Did you manage to check what is in your efi (ESP) partition? Also, can =
you confirm if your system is set to boot in BIOS or UEFI mode? Note =
this may be tricky to figure, for example my AMI bios depends on which =
device is set for boot device. Also for UEFI boot, we do not support =
secure boot.

rgds,
toomas




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