Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:53:30 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Ryan Stark <rstark@rackspace.com>, dteske@freebsd.org Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: amd64/185623: [install] freebsd 10.0-RC5 fresh install does not boot on asus h87m-e Message-ID: <52FE1FDA.7080307@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201401281057.05050.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201401222140.s0MLe1xm078974@freefall.freebsd.org> <201401281057.05050.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 01/28/14 09:57, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:40:01 pm Ryan Stark wrote:
>> The following reply was made to PR amd64/185623; it has been noted by GNATS.
>>
>> From: Ryan Stark <rstark@rackspace.com>
>> To: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>, <nospam@morphium.org>
>> Cc:
>> Subject: Re: amd64/185623: [install] freebsd 10.0-RC5 fresh install does not
>> boot on asus h87m-e
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:34:56 -0600
>>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Seems with a little homework, I was able to boot my new 10.0-RELEASE OS. =)
>>
>>
>> After install, but before reboot, run: gpart set -a active ada0
>>
>> It appears that other asus users of H85 & H87 motherboards are
>> experiencing the same issue.
> Hmm, the installer for FreeBSD/{amd64,i386} is supposed to do this
> automatically. We used to set this in the PMBR by default for all GPT setups,
> but that isn't really correct for the GPT standard and needs to not be present
> when using EFI. The solution was supposed to be that we would stop setting it
> in the PMBR by default and change the installer to set this bit when doing a
> non-EFI GPT install on x86. I think the first part of that (not setting
> active by default) happened in 10, but not the second part (fix the installer
> for non-EFI GPT installs on x86). I've cc'd some folks who've worked on
> bsdinstall who can hopefully get this fixed.
>
Interesting, I wasn't aware of this change. So this is an attribute of
the entire geom? It's an easy enough change to make, but I want to be
sure I'm doing the right thing.
-Nathan
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