Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:52:54 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: "bsd-lists@bsdforge.com" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install Message-ID: <EED6ED72-2081-42FB-8363-B2D847ED9D21@me.com> In-Reply-To: <6968bf2dc24e9c5ca0156225024b1581@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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> On 7. Nov 2019, at 10:38, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:15:49 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me.com <mailto:tsoome@me.com> said > >> > On 7. Nov 2019, at 10:05, Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote: >> > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 08:31:14 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail.com said >> > >> On Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:23:08 -0800 >> >> Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> wrote: >> >> > I put a box together to test 13 about a mos ago. >> >> > It's a second gen core i3. But whether choosing automatic >> >> > disk layout, or choosing manual. When the install finishes, and >> >> > boots to the drive. The BIOS reports no bootable media. >> >> > I finally gave up, and grabbed the most recent RELENG-12. Which >> >> > worked as expected. >> >> > While I have no troubles booting (U)EFI. Isn't the so-called >> >> > LEGACY boot option still supported? >> >> > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. >> >> > > > Thanks for taking the time to respond, Gary. >> > >> I installed the latest FreeBSD 13 memstick image (UEFI) yesterday >> >> and had no problem booting it. I used manual disk partitioning. In fact, >> > when I added the / partition the installer automatically >> >> created and populated the EFI boot partition for me. >> > > Same here. But in spite of it. The reboot proved to be unsuccessful. :( >> >> I used UEFI because that was already set in the BIOS and the >> >> computer doesn't belong to me. >> >> LEGACY mode should still work as long as the BIOS offers that. My main >> > FreeBSD 13 box uses LEGACY booting. >> > > My BIOS offers both. Yet neither option proved fruitful. :( >> >> -- >> Gary Jennejohn >> > > Thanks again, Gary! :) >> > Do you have more detailed information? any error messages, screenshots? > > Thanks for the reply, toomas. > > It's just the standard BIOS report about non-bootable device, please inset > bootable medium... > > IOW it doesn't recognize the freshly installed 13-CURRENT on the hard drive > as being a bootable OS. > > I'm wondering what happened between RELENG-12, and 13 that made the change? > If the BIOS does not find bootable disk, it likely does check the MBR, please use dd to read out sector 0 from your boot disk (something like dd if=/dev/da0 of=mbr.dd count=1) and mail it to me directly so I can check what is there. rgds, toomashelp
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