Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:56:12 +0100 From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UEFI boot failure with VMware Workstation 16 and 12.2Beta3 Message-ID: <2400124a-9488-51f0-0308-99f1cf9b7c42@codelibre.net> In-Reply-To: <7d20fa14-42ef-f9c8-4857-92578844081e@codelibre.net> References: <7d20fa14-42ef-f9c8-4857-92578844081e@codelibre.net>
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On 30/09/2020 17:44, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > > I've been testing FreeBSD 12.2Beta3 (amd64) with VMware Workstation 16 > on Windows 10, and encountered an issue which looks to be related to > the UEFI console (see attached screenshot). > > It's quite possible this is a VMware UEFI bug rather than a FreeBSD > bug, and I've mentioned this to VMware here: > https://communities.vmware.com/thread/643481 but I wanted to mention > it here in case it's triggered by the FreeBSD UEFI support doing > something slightly incorrect which triggers this misbehaviour. > > I also tested with the latest 12.1 release image and this behaviour is > not triggered with 12.1p1 or p10. > One additional detail to mention. The installer didn't trigger the bug. It booted from UEFI perfectly and the installer ran to completion. This issue was only triggered after I booted into the new installation. Kind regards, Roger
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