Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 05:01:10 -0400 From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation of 12.1R and 11.3R fails Message-ID: <7230ccba-340f-5769-305a-b77e6c03b9d0@druid.net> In-Reply-To: <CAEC73938_0co-Sk3JzZz10gP%2BVg6%2Bk1jWj87KJbU3_XkLU2Spg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEC7393CTQGQ=zQ7fM63iSkpdvO8R0q-q6iLWUOx4=XaYanO1A@mail.gmail.com> <d760435a-af0d-8a84-b350-43311c8e321e@holgerdanske.com> <CAEC73938_0co-Sk3JzZz10gP%2BVg6%2Bk1jWj87KJbU3_XkLU2Spg@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --U8hWqqR8yy8N0YeOb2UKUZe3RaaKRmwxW Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="DW5cyNEb4gK0jVeiQyU0OdnrjSkkXJZL3" --DW5cyNEb4gK0jVeiQyU0OdnrjSkkXJZL3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2020-05-23 00:43, Donald Wilde wrote: > I will try using MBR instead of GPT, as you suggest. I did that once > the first time and no joy. Other than that and using the USB instead > of DVD, the only other delta in your procedure is zeroing the disk and > ensuring that all settings in BIOS are set to default. This is exactly what I found when going from Linux to FreeBSD. Just run dd(1) with input file /dev/zero on the raw disk before starting your installation. You have to completely wipe out the Linux boot blocks. --=20 D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: darcy@VybeNetworks.com, VoIP: sip:darcy@druid.net --DW5cyNEb4gK0jVeiQyU0OdnrjSkkXJZL3-- --U8hWqqR8yy8N0YeOb2UKUZe3RaaKRmwxW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQZ0YBgv7psnnP4U/HhAAd6d7lwwgUCXsjmVgAKCRDhAAd6d7lw whpYAQCr3uxjM4NGfBs6P7eTuNJswKu6K43N8MoRez7OlssfBgD+MqjI8amKON/R Tp4tgXJgVSxEDyjxL5OA0upd9cq+nA0= =0aGB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U8hWqqR8yy8N0YeOb2UKUZe3RaaKRmwxW--
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