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Content-Language: en-GB To: questions@freebsd.org References: From: Dewayne Geraghty In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Bar: ----- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.09 / 15.00]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au:dkim]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[203.41.22.115:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[heuristicsystems.com.au:s=hsa]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[heuristicsystems.com.au:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1221, ipnet:203.40.0.0/13, country:AU]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TDRg31N5wz4491 > Just to confirm the FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img file does > not boot unless UEFI is enabled on your Virtual Machine or physical > hardware? > > Have you double checked the checksum of the image or images you are using? > > Assuming BIOS boot do you know if the device has previously booted > using GPT or only MBR partition tables? > > — Robert Thank-you Mathew its given me some hope . Seems that I need to be more diligent and will reread the relnotes and updating notes from 12.4 through to 14.0R Robert, I think you're right.  I installed the 14.0-RELEASE before I noticed the efi check-box.  so yes I suspect a problem with my 14.0Releng build (though I used the same settings for make.conf, src.conf as I use in 13.2 and 12.4). However when using a FreeBSD(32bit) virtual machine using FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso as the only attached device: a) with efi checked - boots to an EFI interface (startup.nsh) and exit(s) into another interface to "Standard English"... "Continue" loops back to UEFI shell.  I lack the knowledge about efi to get the FreeBSD OS to start. b) without efi checked - "FATAL: Cound not read from the boot medium! System halted". FYI: My original problem: I built from source 14.0Releng and upgraded the 14.0Release without success.  I've also used two other vdi's without success.  The upgrade used the git pull from 14.0Releng on a 13.2S system as I'm hoping to migrate my fleet of 12.4S systems to 14 and figured that 13.2S was a safe build platform (as it also used clang 16.0.6). I suspect something that I'm doing is at fault.  Unfortunately the 6 other 12.4S and one 13.2 VM's are functioning so I doubt its the Windows/Virtualbox, which points to my build/install.  Investigating further. I appreciate your advice. Kind regards, Dewayne.