Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:45:39 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 194359] bsdinstall(8) should set active flag in GPT PMBR if not booting using EFI Message-ID: <bug-194359-8-UXHhA4BTjt@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-194359-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-194359-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194359 --- Comment #22 from hans@beastielabs.net --- (In reply to Allan Jude from comment #21) > (In reply to hans from comment #20) > > (In reply to Allan Jude from comment #19) > > > > I just tried the modified boot-only iso on an Intel DP965LT. After an Auto > > (ZFS) install the system now reboots without any problems. Auto (UFS) still > > has the same issue as before ("No bootable device -- insert boot disk and > > press any key"). which of course is as expected. > > > > Thanks for taking the time to test this for me. So it does seem that this is > solving the problem > Definitely, but for ZFS only. A similar change could be done for UFS, or something like in comment #16 could be implemented. > > On my Asus NL4VM-DH installing UFS works, but I still get a message about > > being unable to read the backup GPT header. Rebooting a ZFS installation > > fails (register dump followed by "BTX halted"), but that also happens when > > installing 10-RC2 on ZFS, so I do not think this is relevant to the issue at > > hand. > > Is there anything special about your disk setup that might cause issues with > the very last sector? Some motherboard RAID and other types of things store > their metadata in the last sector, and can clash with GPT, although those > are supposed to make the logical drive 1 sector smaller so that this doesn't > happen. > The disk was in use as single disk for ages in this same system. For now I blame it on the BIOS. > Is that NL4VM-DH using UEFI? No, it is a board from 2006, it has a BIOS. I only included these results to show that something that worked before, i.e. installing UFS without the "does not boot" issue, still works with your change. The NL4VM-DH is too rare to worry about much. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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