From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Jul 5 14:51:44 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7069F10301E2 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 14:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mentalbarcode@fastest.cc) Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 06FE7808D8 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 14:51:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mentalbarcode@fastest.cc) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21DBB359 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 10:51:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:51:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastest.cc; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=6QpGNc20EDxzFWRGIZInXy5tXIvi0 QYtCne+u6fkEgw=; b=LVasElxcz6uXFi8yzh9FH8qESTQMRctvzbVj3hBTZ+KC8 isG1xxBZyUED4akuTZnziwA2m9YZkYif0SjCh+iRusZC7btjwxhx20Y+eBSenBrF xhLSg6ZT7nPI5DxPJ0mu2aJ5xAiXeB8TYuOYjw2OdPVLMTFTrxVZvr7yiwZzecza fdYCNGKJC5+0Zj9jn3D+uwD3EUQ4sbmEbiADSG877On7Jiuuvc4bqzzy+jb2nU51 ost50Btx5Yg6QsHDWoxG7Fu/X1M19d9vBIgrtd4xHVXOtWaEZchJh7Y+hRYm+BL3 nGl3UdQTjLA1+vEzkRF8YJG9UaQKT8FwWzzGFseNQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=6QpGNc 20EDxzFWRGIZInXy5tXIvi0QYtCne+u6fkEgw=; b=Nhk1FmDFLisK/XpqrnTltj JqWbXmp+Lrn/aE3vUKosdBslSu7R0UG1HQ/XAwZ3y/88gFKv+aAT2WqHR4IgY5Hp Rwm2l1N/P5eTWvCcWKOP/jJe+xTjHh8cuTRwSAGcCfCNNX8u4UobNX4IITJCi0nv utzyYTOg/f8hoRsSzgFCaneLjdCXk9zVZu8dwEvu5+VR8LXAXLJW6Di5zj2u9lW8 VT+tOMB13eNYUggRVjMBFmXnBUVxXTDZMBT0+1u3Pvp8mmglAbhnJFph0hu4ansM IVNNV//kwkRw7lAGkAH3vUPGjCvh7YyjzY3x+QcGTY86kIIwSrRtR+eOqCMF6wdA == X-ME-Proxy: X-ME-Sender: Received: from fenix.localnet (unknown [186.105.20.201]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1504B10334 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 10:51:34 -0400 (EDT) From: David Mimms To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EFI booting from external USB pen drive Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:50:56 -0400 Message-ID: <2965305.K7DBhPY28l@fenix> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:51:44 -0000 Bjoern, I had this problem earlier this week while using FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64= =2D20180628-r335760-memstick.img on my ThinkPad P50. I had used `dd` to place the img file on a partition (e.g. /dev/sdb1) of th= e USB pen drive and it wouldn't boot properly. After I used `dd` to place the img on the entire device (e.g. /dev/sdb), I = noticed that it had its own partition scheme with three partitions, and tha= t booted just fine. DM On Thursday, July 5, 2018 10:30:51 AM -04 Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > Hi, >=20 > while I can boot memstick images just fine (which are created using=20 > makefs/mkimg), doing the same thing using gpart/newfs_msdos -F 12/.. I=20 > am not able to get anything that boots. >=20 > On a Thinkpad (secure boot is off) from the =E2=80=9Cboot device chooser = from=20 > =E2=80=98BIOS=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D I get a quick blank screen and am back at= the chooser. =20 > I=E2=80=99ve tried the gpart =E2=80=9Cthinkpad hack=E2=80=9D as well as t= rying an MBR (why=20 > that should work I don=E2=80=99t know but the memstick one does) and GPT= =20 > options of various kinds. >=20 >=20 > Anyone successfully done this lately? >=20 >=20 > /bz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20