From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 24 17:26:12 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 094C9106564A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:12 +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 AF6E78FC14 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:11 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from get-mta-scan02.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 <0M1E007N9DNFCT90@get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from get-mta-scan02.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id CC5C31EA55E5_F6DF59BB for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:26:03 +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-scan02.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTP id A43EC1EA3F7A_F6DF59BF for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:26:03 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:03 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20120324172603.ee066e06.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Subject: 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, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:12 -0000 Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 9.0-release / amd64 on a new machine (Acer Aspire X1470). I installed from a usb memory stick (the default amd64 image), which I booted by pressing "F12" and selecting it from the boot menu on the machine. I installed on a SSD (which replaced the hard drive originally in the machine), using the default scheme for 9.0 (GPT). The installation was painless (many thanks to all who made it that way), but when I try to boot the machine from the SSD afterwards, I just get this message from the BIOS: "ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed." I tried selecting the SSD from the boot menu (via F12) instead (it shows up as "EFI: M4-CT128M4SSD2"), but got the same message. I upgraded the BIOS from version P01-A3 to version P01-A4 (the newest available), still no dice. If I use the usb stick I installed from, I can select the boot device, and actually boot from it, so there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the SSD. I tried: kg-vm2# gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0 bootcode written to ada0 in case there was something wrong with the bootcode, but I still get the message "ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed." gpart shows this: root@kg-vm2# gpart show ada0 => 34 250069613 ada0 GPT (119G) 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 119537664 2 freebsd-ufs (57G) 119537826 8388608 3 freebsd-swap (4.0G) 127926434 121634816 4 freebsd-ufs (58G) 249561250 508397 - free - (248M) and root is on ada0p2, with swap on ada0p3: root@kg-vm2# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ada0p2 56G 2.3G 49G 4% / devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev root@kg-vm2# swapinfo -h Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0p3 4194304 0B 4.0G 0% Has anyone seen anything like this before? Any hints on what I can do? References: 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/aspire_x1470_fbsd -- Torfinn Ingolfsen