From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 07:15:06 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13D6761E for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vn0-x233.google.com (mail-vn0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c0f::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF47F686 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:15:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: by vnbg190 with SMTP id g190so11346512vnb.6 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 00:15:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=kFNTwIM61EATHNoEhd7TNsgcShbNATgDlcDeKPe+AbY=; b=u1jkmxgnNU/U9UQLQlfgh9BX+WYSSs5ObypCRP3x0jYaRo0uUQKMUtY2U+6IT/q91n KOK1j4fiVsfVGGKdSqT22q/cqIe1eljFp24xmzHKM31NVkaN4g/vSOUkrC7ieVyEJ7YB FiEUpkI2N/1OoXrVx8v3tr/4ucF9IBFOkQWrmXsJM2ImNPw4LjiRNA3P7HHG+GNnu5fb sQGx8saewCOCQeMtJF+TAqtsSHNM35axnTMjhQOve1zmZZpPsQUY9MKWIOTJurXdYXy+ BEYoV4kG2eJ6Un8PLQC9cVeuP0YFqOJ16wuavJQaS3MFpQ+TMqsuECaUhFu6NEfOAlI6 Wiyg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.53.5.170 with SMTP id cn10mr10101371vdd.76.1434266104721; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 00:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.31.3.198 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 00:15:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <21884.59139.951381.344884@alacrity.local> References: <21883.35789.822027.413019@alacrity.local> <79D327FB-3310-4642-8B16-6361AC26BAE2@wrede.ca> <21884.59139.951381.344884@alacrity.local> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:15:04 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1, Mac Pro 2008, EFI, hangs at boot w/ "Start @0xfff...." From: Ben Woods To: "hartzell@alerce.com" Cc: Andreas Wrede , FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:15:06 -0000 On Sunday, June 14, 2015, George Hartzell wrote: > Andreas Wrede writes: > > > > > On Jun 12, 2015, at 21:47 , George Hartzell > wrote: > > > > > > I have a 2008 Mac Pro (NOT a MacBook) that's been happily running > > > FreeBSD for years via MBR partitioned disks. > > > [...] > > > I've recently been inspired to try the EFI booting stuff. > > > [...] > > > Booting either way exhibits the same symptom. /boot/loader.efi > > > runskoads the kernel and stuff but when it boots it prints > > > > > > Booting... > > > Start @0xffffffff802e7000 ... > > > _ > > > > > > (that's the address when booted from the SSD, the address for the 10.1 > > > USB stick is 0xffffffff802df060) > > > > > > and then hangs. > > > [...] > > > > My experience with a Mac Pro (2009) is similar. I tried to boot > > from CD and USB with FreeBSD 10.1 and a -current snapshot from > > about 2 weeks ago. A MacBook Pro (2010) booted without a problem > > with the both the 10.1 and -current USB images. The MacPro will be > > available for more testing in a week or two. > > The Mac Pro will boot the 10.1 DVD. > > I tried the EFI DVD and it shows the same symptoms as described above. > > BUT I noticed that even after the "Start @0xfff..." message displayed > and the system appeared to hang the DVD ground away for another minute > or two. Nothing else appeared on the console, but it sounded as if > something was happening. Perhaps the problem is "just" with the > console setup. > > g. > That sounds like you are experiencing this bug, which unfortunately has not been fixed yet: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193745 Unfortunately the new uefi boot does not work on some (or all?) macbooks. Regards, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com