From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 14 13:53:38 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7654CB10; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:53:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth4.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41376198F; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:53:37 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0N0Z00L00NN6EI00@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:53:31 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-4, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2014.2.14.134216, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-68-77.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.68.77]) by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0N0Z00J9XNX6RR20@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:53:31 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52FE1FDA.7080307@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:53:30 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 To: John Baldwin , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Ryan Stark , dteske@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/185623: [install] freebsd 10.0-RC5 fresh install does not boot on asus h87m-e References: <201401222140.s0MLe1xm078974@freefall.freebsd.org> <201401281057.05050.jhb@freebsd.org> In-reply-to: <201401281057.05050.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:53:38 -0000 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 >> To: , >> 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 >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> 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