Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:48:38 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: Ryan Stark <rstark@rackspace.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, dteske@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/185623: [install] freebsd 10.0-RC5 fresh install does not boot on asus h87m-e Message-ID: <201402141248.38728.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52FE1FDA.7080307@freebsd.org> References: <201401222140.s0MLe1xm078974@freefall.freebsd.org> <201401281057.05050.jhb@freebsd.org> <52FE1FDA.7080307@freebsd.org>
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On Friday, February 14, 2014 8:53:30 am Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > 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 > >> > >> -----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. Yes, it's a setting applied to the GPT I believe, though I'm not actually sure if gpart allows setting this flag directly currently. It may be that we need that added to gpart so that there is a non-hacky way to set this flag in the PMBR. -- John Baldwin
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