Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 15:34:51 -0400 From: Ian FREISLICH <ian.freislich@capeaugusta.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Call for Testing: 12.0-CURRENT amd64 memstick installer boot-testing wanted Message-ID: <942c542c-9a4c-7fee-37c6-bf994f1079c4@capeaugusta.com> In-Reply-To: <20180530155039.GE97814@FreeBSD.org> References: <20180530155039.GE97814@FreeBSD.org>
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On 05/30/2018 11:50 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, > > Could folks please help boot-test the most recent 12.0-CURRENT amd64 > memstick images on various hardware? Note, this is not a request to > install 12.0-CURRENT, only a boot-test with various system knobs > tweaked. > > The most recent images are available at: > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/Fr= eeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-mini-memstick.img > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/Fr= eeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-memstick.img > > We are interested in testing both UEFI and CSM/BIOS/legacy mode, as we > would like to get this included in the upcoming 11.2-RELEASE if the > change that had been committed addresses several boot issues reported > recently. > > Please help test, and report back (both successes and failures). Coincidentally, I was trying to install these on a very old 10" Dell=20 Lattitude with an Atom N550 CPU.=A0 Both images booted to the beastie menu= =20 but hung loading the kernel.=A0 The only way I could get it to boot was to= =20 manually load the kernel at the loader prompt and boot. I was also=20 unsuccessful performing a network install due to what I think was the=20 download filesystem being read only.=A0 I was able to install from the=20 bundled distribution. Ian --=20
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