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Date:      Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:23:25 -0800
From:      Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
To:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Subject:   Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install
Message-ID:  <b6ad7fd200e9f80df650d309250ca70d@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <18D24655-A43E-4B56-8754-571C3978FA0D@me.com>

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On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:43:33 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me=2Ecom said

> > On 8=2E Nov 2019, at 20:34, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge=2Ecom> wrote:
> >=20
> > On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:32:25 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom
> > <mailto:gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom> said
> >=20
> >> On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:41:01 -0800
> >> Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge=2Ecom> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me=2Ecom said
> >> > > > > On 7=2E Nov 2019, at 17:23, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail=2Ecom> wr=
ote:=20
> > > > > > >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:49:52 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom said =
 > > >>
> > I chose GPT=2E  > > > > > Maybe whoever wrote the EFI/BIOS code in your m=
achine
> > went all-in on > > > > "Legacy", and it only handles MBR disks (or disk=
s <
> > 2=2E2TB)?
> >> > > > After all, it seems like "not booting" would be a standards-comp=
liant
> >> > > > way for a classic BIOS to handle a GPT disk=2E  > > > >  > > if yo=
ur
> > system is not booting from GPT disk, it means it is not standards
> >> > > compliant=2E  > Interesting=2E So then RELENG-12 is not "Standards"
> > compliant=2E While 13-CURRE
> >> > NT is?
> >> > IOW I attempted in early October to install each of the (13-CURRENT)
> > instal
> >> > l
> >> > images available=2E Both on a 500Gb disk, and a 1Tb disk=2E All w/o succ=
ess=2E
> > In
> >> > desperation, I settled for the then (most recent) RELENG-12=2E 12 inst=
alled
> >> > as all previous FreeBSD installs have done successfully=2E
> >> > So something in (recent) 13' boot layout has changed=2E I can boot
> > Legacy/UEF
> >> > I/GPT
> >> > on 12=2E But cannot boot at all in recent 13=2E
> >> >
> >> I noticed that your 12 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions
> >> but 13 has Stripesize: 4096 on all partitions=2E
> >> My bootable 13 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions=2E
> >> Whether that is the cause of your problem I can't say=2E
> >=20
> > Thanks for the reply, Gary=2E
> > Toomas also had some valuable input on my problem booting 13=2E
> > In any case=2E I used the installer to create the disk layout=2E I didn't
> > do anything different than I have for many years installing FreeBSD fro=
m
> > the install sources=2E What puzzles me, is that RELENG-12 creates a
> > bootable install, whereas 13-CURRENT won't=2E
> > I've manually setup disks innumerable times in the past=2E I'll see
> > if doing so produces bootable media doing it from a 13-CURRENT live
> > DVD, or MEMSTICK, and report my findings=2E
> >=20
> > Thanks again for taking the time to reply, Gary=2E
> >>=20
>=20
> Did you manage to check what is in your efi (ESP) partition? Also, can yo=
u
> 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=2E Also for UEFI boot, we do not support secure boot=2E

Thanks for the reminder=2E

It appears that the installer didn't *format* the ESP/EFI partition=2E Follow=
ing
are the results of my investigation -- I'm also attaching a copy of the ses=
sion,
should it be easier to read=2E

Script started on Fri Nov  8 11:04:11 2019
root@thirteen:~ #=20

root@thirteen:~ # ls -la /dev/gpt/

total 1
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Nov  7 00:54 =2E
dr-xr-xr-x  15 root  wheel      512 Nov  6 16:54 =2E=2E
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x8e Nov  7 00:54 throot
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x91 Nov  7 00:54 thswap
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x96 Nov  7 00:54 thusr
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x93 Nov  7 00:54 thvar
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x99 Nov  7 00:54 thxtra
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x72 Nov  6 16:54 troot
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x75 Nov  7 00:54 tswap
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x7a Nov  6 16:54 tusr
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x77 Nov  6 16:54 tvar
crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x7d Nov  6 16:54 txtra
root@thirteen:~ # mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0p1 /mnt

root@thirteen:~ # ls -la /mnt/

total 21
drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  16384 Jan  1  1980 =2E
drwxr-xr-x  22 root  wheel   1024 Nov  7 00:54 =2E=2E
drwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    512 Apr 12  2016 EFI
root@thirteen:~ # ls -la /mnt/EFI/

total 17
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    512 Apr 12  2016 =2E
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  16384 Jan  1  1980 =2E=2E
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    512 Apr 12  2016 BOOT
root@thirteen:~ # ls -la /mnt/EFI/BOOT/

total 130
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 12  2016 =2E
drwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     512 Apr 12  2016 =2E=2E
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  131072 Apr 12  2016 BOOTX64=2EEFI
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      12 Apr 12  2016 STARTUP=2ENSH
root@thirteen:~ # umount /mnt/

root@thirteen:~ # mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada1p1 /mnt

mount_msdosfs: /dev/ada1p1: Invalid argument
root@thirteen:~ # ls /dev/ada*

/dev/ada0   /dev/ada0p2 /dev/ada0p4 /dev/ada0p6 /dev/ada1p1 /dev/ada1p3 /de=
v/ada1p5
/dev/ada0p1 /dev/ada0p3 /dev/ada0p5 /dev/ada1   /dev/ada1p2 /dev/ada1p4 /de=
v/ada1p6
root@thirteen:~ # mount /dev/ada1p1 /mnt/

mount: /dev/ada1p1: No such file or directory
root@thirteen:~ # exit

exit

Script done on Fri Nov  8 11:09:35 2019


Thanks again!

--Chris
>=20
> rgds,
> toomas

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