From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 6 00:02:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B0D640 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2013 00:02:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from james@pacehouse.com) Received: from mail-qc0-x22e.google.com (mail-qc0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22e]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A841BA3 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2013 00:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id m15so1468808qcq.19 for ; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:02:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacehouse.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=d9qVHXu8yYbKHm6DieE23cX9rmtu57tHpyB0LAoVALw=; b=HRyc1Ny3qMNGk+qLx8ZoVwRVUxgl3Qc/xjaP3GuF7RYelxgA8uvYMHx5e8J3OIytQk 4Lyg+IIdHzn3XEcTqc1gDymQBqb7ytuqv8xTuFYuZrCN3B288JWzjAivbmg2LzbeLNsn oVxRfFuDw9nbRSodk5P4MKTw69zUHPLiTrkJs= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=d9qVHXu8yYbKHm6DieE23cX9rmtu57tHpyB0LAoVALw=; b=lB2zeU62WYZkE40AOVLd65TRcmTeOVD1NFccyMvCzc3aVKxQD7LJCoKD7No4GtfC9W Qc/wj7248h9u+Kpl4Z7dXtmEJtr7hRVKq7Z3Hb4rTnlQa6a0SGA/am5UbkHxgNcJcOFw Ve/EePKYCw7Jr2OibGnacHhBGA1n6dJibwel8MNQG+3hz9PhUPTKfrb2QbQ9zdVVuKOE gt3Wlyx2Q3/sm2HEDr63eo+Qlk4PC6q7dZSukF5jY/XaBqsnDJLbkkW/bfGrERynRdBr MQL2G8dzOKNaAtBZmjGAw+DzrNSab7SggLZQQc/pys2rjjk9vTq51VH+kOhQU1WhKGmH Z/qA== X-Received: by 10.49.24.52 with SMTP id r20mr7094133qef.54.1373068959815; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:02:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.96.5 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:02:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: "James E. Pace" Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:02:18 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnTnmn3cmGlq5Hv9O4b0dMwPCdfUPr5Dq7adyKLAANv9OdGzejiJ0pgyBIvtx+kG+rWf8t9 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:02:40 -0000 Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your trying to help me. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Warren Block wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James E. Pace wrote: > >> I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core >> i5-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and 12 GB of memory, shipped with >> Windows 8. [...] >> I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD without >> any problems. However, when I attempt to boot, it doesn't. [...] >> After an install, I get to the boot0 (the F1 boot menu thing) screen, but >> when it tries to boot, it prints "#" and doesn't boot. When trying to >> share the disk with Windows, mostly I'd get boot errors about not having a >> bootable device (ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has >> failed.). > boot0 is the multi-boot loader. I'm reasonably sure it will not work on a GPT disk. GPT needs the PMBR loader. This should be correctable by using the Shell option of the install disk: > # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0 > > The installer would write that by default on a blank disk. I don't know what it does when partitions are added to a GPT disk. For that matter, I'm not sure how you got boot0 on there. boot0 must have been installed when I did MBR partitioning, and/or PCBSD did it? > If there is nothing on the disk to lose, I would start from scratch by going to the shell from the installer: > # gpart destroy -F ada0 > > Return to the installer, and it should find the entire disk unpartitioned. I booted the 9.1 install CD, executed "gpart destroy -F ada0", and installed. After completing the install, boot fails with: ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed. I booted the install CD again, and executed: # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0 and rebooted. I got the same error: ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed. > If you really want to multi-boot, reinstall Windows 8. The Windows ship has sailed -- the system didn't come with media, and the install has been removed. So, I'm committed. :) Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks, James