Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 10:36:50 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Efi/mbr freebsd-11.0-RELEASE-p9 unbootable Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcNCA003r64uQ4XeiL4Biu-G88epf=yhnye9DQ9x5dDNkg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB1200348DB398E038EBB6AB4AF6050@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <CAJ5UdcNgxMPeVxYM3kvuf39rmyaVoHh22JiSwL2YUn1%2BSSYPtg@mail.gmail.com> <VI1PR02MB1200348DB398E038EBB6AB4AF6050@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Thursday, April 13, 2017, Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > > When booting the machine tries to boot > > off the network > > Why should that happen with a good install ? > > Have you considered disabling UEFI in the BIOS ? > > Operating systems generally work better with legacy BIOS. > > > Regards > > Manish Jain > > > > On 04/14/17 08:08, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Dear freebsd users, > > > > I got a used toshiba-laptop with windows 7. A friend of mine gave me a > new > > hard drive and we installed void-linux with a 1GB /boot partition, an 8 > GB > > swap partitionx and a 100GB / for the install. Installation suceeded, > but > > grub install failed some ttx? Error. I then got a regular x86_64 amd > > freebsd 11.0 RELEASE and installed it sucessfully as well. I did not get > > questioned to install bootloader. When booting the machine tries to boot > > off the network. I get a supergrubdisk and boot off it and I am able to > > run freebsd-update on it get it to -p9 and install pkgs that I want to > > run. I am not very fond of secure boot and I had installed linux on > > another machine with windows 7 and it supposedly had EFI support, however > > when grub installed, i lost the ability to boot into windows. In this > > machine a toshiba satellite laptop, I tried to play it safe and instead > > cannot boot either void-linux or freebsd from the hard drive. I can boot > > into freebsd with supergrubdisk, i don't believe it is a question of EFI > > because I had previously installed DragonflyBSD 4.8 which has support for > > EFI and I selected it as well, but the system was unbootable as well. > How > > should I troubleshoot this? I can boot from live media, but I cannot > > install grub or the freebsd bootloader. Hard drive is 465 GB, with the > > above mentioned linux partitions, the rest for freebsd with ufs. If > there > > is a how to, or a laptop wiki on this topic, I appreciate all your help > > even if it would be recommended that I reinstall the OS again from > > scratch. I am confused with GPT vs old style MBR which just worked TM by > > the way and this secure boot crap which renders our machines unbootable. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Antonio > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <javascript:;> mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org <javascript:;>" > > I will have to reinstall. Is there an online guide for the bios? I cannot find where to disable secure boot. I have another machine with secure boot and I am unable to get any successful installation either with freebsd 11.0 amd64 release or dragonfly 4.8. Apparently I install the system correctly, but no bootloader installs. I have to use mbr style where it works. I tried doing a Gpart command but there was no internet available to send :( Thanks 4 your suggestion, I will have 2 try this again on Tues of next week. Best regards Antonio
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