From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 21:11:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A8F106564A for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:11:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (eterpe-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A2B8FC08 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:11:37 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from terra-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.13]) by eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0M1T006YNK6JW710@eterpe-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:11:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.215.134.159]) by terra-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTPA id <0M1T00FE8K6JDB60@terra-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:11:07 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:11:07 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20120401231107.62577f2f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <20120324172603.ee066e06.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> References: <20120324172603.ee066e06.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 - GPT boot problems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:11:37 -0000 On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:03 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD 9.0-release / amd64 on a new machine (Acer Aspire X1470). > I installed from a usb memory stick (the default amd64 image), which I booted by pressing "F12" and selecting it from the boot menu on the machine. > I installed on a SSD (which replaced the hard drive originally in the machine), using the default scheme for 9.0 (GPT). > The installation was painless (many thanks to all who made it that way), but when I try to boot the machine from the SSD afterwards, I just get this message from the BIOS: > "ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed." > I tried selecting the SSD from the boot menu (via F12) instead (it shows up as "EFI: M4-CT128M4SSD2"), but got the same message. > I upgraded the BIOS from version P01-A3 to version P01-A4 (the newest available), still no dice. Just an update: today I connected another disk to the machine (I used a sata-to-usb adapter, but I think that doesn't matter), this disk is MBR-partitioned, and the machine boots from this with no problems using the boot menu (via F12). root@kg-vm2# gpart show -p da1 => 63 117210177 da1 MBR (55G) 63 29350692 da1s1 freebsd (14G) 29350755 29360079 da1s2 freebsd [active] (14G) 58710834 58499406 - free - (27G) The non-working disk looks like this: root@kg-vm2# gpart show -p ada0 => 34 250069613 ada0 GPT (119G) 34 128 ada0p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 119537664 ada0p2 freebsd-ufs (57G) 119537826 8388608 ada0p3 freebsd-swap (4.0G) 127926434 121634816 ada0p4 freebsd-ufs (58G) 249561250 508397 - free - (248M) -- Torfinn