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> In-Reply-To: <7cf7f5e255eedbfa2a442b40c24f2fd9@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <7cf7f5e255eedbfa2a442b40c24f2fd9@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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> On 8. Nov 2019, at 20:34, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:32:25 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail.com = <mailto:gljennjohn@gmail.com> said >=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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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