Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 18:41:28 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Convert MBR Partitions to GPT Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909031728060.67780@fledge.watson.org> Resent-Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909031918350.67780@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20190902141116.264edd01.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1ef6d7eb-a7c9-2a5d-12b2-20c4ef255523@wavecable.com> <20190902133941.e563291f.freebsd@edvax.de> <0e0c086c-a907-d224-98b8-9486d921e7a5@wavecable.com> <20190902141116.264edd01.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 2 Sep 2019, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 05:04:52 -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote: >> On 9/2/19 4:39 AM, Polytropon wrote: [cut] >> Something, possibly BSDinstall or, maybe something unknown made the 2 >> Windows 7 disks unbootable. Great, now I can use them for something >> other than adding weight to the box. > > Maybe there is just some damage to the bootcode of each "Windows". > Suggestion: Unplug all disks except one of those (one at each time), > boot with a "Windows" installation / repair DVD, restore the boot > sector - should boot fine again. > > However, it sounds totally wrong that a FreeBSD installer even > _touches_ disks that are not subject to the FreeBSD installation. > I can image that adding boot code (single-boot or boot manager) > to the 1st disk of a setup is possible, but what you're describing > sounds just wrong. Not entirely impossible, but ... In July and August of 2018 I had two very strange things from the installer (11.2). One kinda hosed a HP laptop, I solved that with a lenovo getting FreeBSD added without killing windows. More toubling was was trying to configure a Poudriere server. I bought an HP followed by a Microcenter brand doing a UEFI FreeBSD only install with zfs. Could never boot the HP, the Microcenter system was totally hosed, could not even boot into the BIOS. I returned these puppies next trying a DELL that just worked. One year later the details of all this are long gone, but at the time I finally decided the UEFI setup was not the same across the systems I tried. Windows users never experience this becuase the manufactures make windows work with their stuff. YMMV :)
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