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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:17:21 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 282184] Installer fails to create bootable system
Message-ID:  <bug-282184-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 282184
           Summary: Installer fails to create bootable system
           Product: Base System
           Version: 14.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: net@arrishq.net

First maybe the data. Given is a random amd64 system that uses MBR as parti=
tion
layout. FreeBSD 14 and 14.1 get installed into a BSD slice, e.g. /dev/ada0s2
and on partition /dev/ada0s1 another system is installed, e.g. Windows /
OpenBSD ...

Running the installer and choosing /dev/ada0s2 to create a "BSD" partition,
then s2a, s2b and so on for storing data, the installation runs through.
Once done and rebooting, the system hangs and doesn't boot the fresh instal=
led
FreeBSD. Switching to use the loader of the other installed system, e.g.
Windows ... and adding FreeBSD by create a single MBR file (created by dd
if=3D/dev/ada0s2 of=3Dfreebsd.mbr bs=3D512 count=3D1 or dd if=3D/dev/ada0s2a
of=3Dfreebsd.mbr bs=3D512 count=3D1) doesn't work either.

Booting from installation media, escaping to loader prompt and setting
"vfs.root.mountfrom=3Dufs:/dev/ada0s2a" the system boots.

Out of fun trying to grab an old FreeBSD 10 installation doing the exact sa=
me
process, the boot process works fine without any problems.

$USER is aware everyone moves along with gpart and GPT partitions, recommen=
ding
to reinstall everything and choose GPT doesn't solve the problem.

The whole process has been reproduced on 2 different (physical) systems.
Basically MBR partition layout, install into a BSD partition, no booting
possible.

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