Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 03:44:31 +1100
From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To: questions@freebsd.org
Cc: re@freebsd.org
Subject: Boot fail: 12.4-R-{dvd1,disc1}.iso via USB
Message-ID: <C1EFBA49-3C97-487A-878E-9C02C2B3D944@nimnet.asn.au>
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I downloaded dvd1.iso just after its release and dd'd it to my 8G stick, previously 12.3-R dvd1, using standard arguments: bs=1m conv=sync I'd been testing my bsdconfig patches successfully with this, the image works fine loaded as cd9660 on the Thinkpad T430s. I was just about to delete my freebsd slice prior to adding 16GiB to it and reinstalling 12.4 from scratch from that stick ... So I was horrified when that same stick failed to boot my Thinkpad X200, saying only (from a photo): _____________ CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... File not found Looking up /boot/loader... File not found Boot failed ____________ After much checking of X200 BIOS settings, then dd'ing the stick back to the T430s, diff and cmp both showing it as identical, I tried booting it on the T430s -- same 'Boot failed' as the above! So then I made a stick from the disc1 .iso and tried that -- same failure! Yes, I'd tested sha256s on both the downloaded .xz and decompressed .iso files, all good. Can I really be the only one who's tried booting these images via USB? Or is this a problem only happening on some older Lenovo Thinkpads? Meanwhile I've restored 12.3-R dvd1 to the 8G stick; still works of course. References: FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.4R/announce/ https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.4R/errata/ (none so far)
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