From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 4 14:19:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88EEA1065670 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 14:19:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from smtp.getmail.no (smtp.getmail.no [84.208.15.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381398FC0C for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 14:19:14 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net ([10.5.16.4]) by get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-0.04 64bit (built Jun 20 2008)) with ESMTP id <0M88007Z4IG10H40@get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:19:13 +0200 (MEST) Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id E54F71EF1BA4_1D3057B for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:23:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no (cm-84.215.134.159.getinternet.no [84.215.134.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTPSA id C52C01EF1B87_1D3057F for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:23:19 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:19:12 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20120804161912.9c42d961306a86b45a217fbf@getmail.no> In-reply-to: References: <20120324172603.ee066e06.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> <20120804000931.ad04735d9a9966ec1709a3a8@getmail.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 - GPT boot problems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:19:15 -0000 On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:58:52 -0700 Kevin Oberman wrote: > > It's not clear from your message, but did you use the gpart bootcode > command to write the protective MBR and the gptboot code as documented > in the gpart(8) man page? Yes (this is why I wrote this message as a followup to the thread), all that was done in my first attempt, the problem is that the brain-dead firmware in this machine sees a GPT-partitioned disk and decides for itself that GPT = (U)EFI, and thus looks only for the EFI system partition, it does not try to boot from the gptboot in the freebsd-boot partition. If I use a MBR-partitoned drive, it boots ok. And yes, the BIOS (sorry, UEFI firmware) is the latest that Acer has provided for this machine. Just trying to make haeds and tails out of this UEFI thing, to see if it is a workable solution. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen