Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 23:05:01 -0400 From: Jason Hunt <jhunt@lynden.on.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Intermittent EFI boot issue? Message-ID: <CAL43sjhJaif0Tt4pdML3f7T9Egx7fp8hzVsEziRf2OBoN-Yx%2Bg@mail.gmail.com>
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Intermittently after building world/kernel and installing kernel, upon
reboot I sometimes get stuck at:
>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
Loader path: /boot/loader.efi
Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
Probing 35 block devices ... done
ZFS found the following pools: zroot
UFS found no partitions
Consoles: EFI console
And that's it.
Often times it's fixed by rebooting, but sometimes it takes numerous
attempts. Patience and cold boot vs warm boot doesn't make a difference
and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any pattern as to how it fixes
itself. Eventually the full boot screen appears and I can get in to single
user mode to continue installing world.
I've only been following current for a couple of months, so I can't say if
this is a new problem, but it's happened most (but not every) times I've
rebuilt the system. Normal day-to-day rebooting doesn't give me any
issues; only when rebuilding.
Do I potentially have a buggy EFI firmware (motherboard is an ASUS P8B75-M
with latest firmware), or could it be a FreeBSD issue? I'm not even sure
how to try diagnosing this or what information would be helpful?
Any suggestions are appreciated.
- Jason
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