From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 6 10:52:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03314C5 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2013 10:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4223C11B9 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2013 10:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28556 invoked by uid 110); 6 Jul 2013 10:46:05 -0000 Received: from ool-4571afe7.dyn.optonline.net (HELO desktop1) (simon@optinet.com@69.113.175.231) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 6 Jul 2013 10:46:05 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "Warren Block" Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 06:45:57 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2717) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600;3) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install Message-Id: <20130706105248.A03314C5@hub.freebsd.org> 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 10:52:48 -0000 On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 19:43:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: >> 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. >That is a BIOS error, probably due to UEFI expecting a certain disk >layout when it finds GPT. Does this mean GPT is not supported by this system? I thought GPT is supposed to replace MBR and UEFI is the future. Perhaps there is something in UEFI that can be tweaked to make it work with GPT? -Simon