From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 6 13:19:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F5439B688E for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 195A1E93 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-213-32.knology.net [216.186.213.32] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t96DJb9F023606 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 08:19:38 -0500 To: FreeBSD Questions !!!! From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Subject: The saga continues Message-ID: <5613CA68.6090909@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 08:25:06 -0453.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:19:40 -0000 I am trying to install FreeBSD 9.3R on a new box. I want a RAID1 root, with several other RAID0 partitions (/var, /usr/local, & /home). All RAID's are created from partitions on the two 1 TB HDD's on the box. I am using a shell script invoked from the shell during partitioning. I followed this procedure, invoked the script, which apparently worked, & completed the install. When I went to reboot, the UEFI 'BIOS' reported 'missing MBR record' & hung there. There were/are *no* explicit options to boot from a USB drive, although that worked during the install w/ virgin HDD's, it came up w/ a very DOS-y screen which listed 'FreeBSD' as a boot option. After the install, w/ something in the boot area of the HDD's, the option to boot from the USB drive has vanished. Is there some magic combo of key-strokes to get it to try to boot from the USB stick anyway ? I want to boot into a shell & zap the 1st 1 GB or so of each drive & try again, a procedure I had to use early this summer during a NetBSD install, which *did* work AOK & allowed me to complete a successful install. *Any* clues appreciated :-/. TIA & have a good one. -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.