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=2Eiso just after its release and dd'd it to my 8G stick, = previously 12=2E3-R dvd1, using standard arguments: bs=3D1m conv=3Dsync I'd been testing my bsdconfig patches successfully with this, the image wo= rks fine loaded as cd9660 on the Thinkpad T430s=2E I was just about to del= ete my freebsd slice prior to adding 16GiB to it and reinstalling 12=2E4 fr= om scratch from that stick =2E=2E=2E So I was horrified when that same stick failed to boot my Thinkpad X200, s= aying only (from a photo): _____________ CD Loader 1=2E2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER=2E=2E=2E File not found Looking up /boot/loader=2E=2E=2E File not found Boot failed ____________ After much checking of X200 BIOS settings, then dd'ing the stick back to t= he 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 =2Eiso and tried that -- same failur= e! Yes, I'd tested sha256s on both the downloaded =2Exz and decompressed =2Ei= so files, all good=2E 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=2E3-R dvd1 to the 8G stick; still works of cour= se=2E References: FreeBSD-12=2E4-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1=2Eiso FreeBSD-12=2E4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1=2Eiso https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/releases/12=2E4R/announce/ https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/releases/12=2E4R/errata/ (none so far)
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