Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:03:32 +0300 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UEFI boot hangs after loader Message-ID: <2950121D-C985-4F2E-A512-FB73CFDF48BC@me.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKAm69EMraV0KaPEbsxTcEpwFjpNZtW-sc42mmSq=9vv%2BiyGzQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKAm69Fw%2BX3Xik6rUcEOrr0TtxypEc2D05%2B5g9JGh=N2VxZGpA@mail.gmail.com> <282E6F72-6573-4F0E-81AB-25110855EBB7@me.com> <CAKAm69EMraV0KaPEbsxTcEpwFjpNZtW-sc42mmSq=9vv%2BiyGzQ@mail.gmail.com>
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hm. in that case, whats the content of /boot/loader.rc ? rgds, toomas > On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:01, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote: > > If boot menu is the screen where you get the options for various kernels and the picture of the daemon head, no. It stops at the point in my email — though not as I said just before the kernel is loaded but in point of fact before the menu. > > I've also rebuilt the kernel and still can't use efibootmgr which is puzzling me. > > /H > > > On 23 October 2018 at 20:56, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com <mailto:tsoome@me.com>> wrote: > Do you get boot menu? if so, press esc to get to ok prompt, then type start - if its bootfort based loader, it will load the kernel and modules. lsmod will then list the loaded files. > > If the loader prompt is still usable, then next command would be: boot > > rgds, > toomas > > > On 23 Oct 2018, at 20:45, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net <mailto:hn@yewbarrow.net>> wrote: > > > > Just upgraded my Asus UX303L (amd64) from 11-STABLE to 12.0-BETA1 r339529 > > by source. Have a problem with booting which hangs after: > > > >>> FreeBSD EFI boot block > > Loader path: /boot/loader.efi > > > > Initializing modules: ZFS UFS > > Probing 5 block devices ... done > > ZFS found the following pools: zroot > > UFS found no partitions > > Consoles: EFI console > > FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, Revision 1.1 > > > > Command line arguments: loader.efi > > EFI version 2.31 > > EFI Firmware: American Megatrends (rev 4.654) > > Console: efi(0) > > Load Path: HD(4, GPT [ ... ] > > Load Device: Pci Root [ ... ] > > Boot Current: 0001 > > Boot Order: 0001 [x] > > Boot Info Path: HS(1, GPT, [ ... ] /\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI > > - > > > > So it gets into loader.efi which runs but stops I think just before loading > > the kernel. Partitions: > > > > => 40 250069600 ada0 GPT (119G) > > 40 1600 1 efi (800K) > > 1640 1024 2 freebsd-boot (512K) > > 2664 1432 - free - (716K) > > 4096 4194304 3 freebsd-swap (2.0G) > > 4198400 245870592 4 freebsd-zfs (117G) > > 250068992 648 - free - (324K) > > > > and the EFI partition is FAT 12. > > > > I can't provide (at the moment) any output from efibootmgr: > > > > root@gryphon:~ # efibootmgr -v > > efibootmgr: efi variables not supported on this system. root? kldload efirt? > > root@gryphon:~ # kldload efirt > > kldload: can't load efirt: module already loaded or in kernel > > > > which I don't understand. > > > > I'm going to rebuild the kernel (currently GENERIC) and see if that allows > > me to load efirt / use efibootmgr. > > > > In the meantime, I should be very grateful for any advice. > > > > ( Currently booting using a 11-RELEASE memstick image and dropping into its > > loader to get to the installed 12-STABLE ). > > > > /Harry > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org> mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>; > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > > > -- > Harry Newton
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