Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:33:55 +0100 From: Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> To: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UEFI boot hangs after loader Message-ID: <CAKAm69HrTh%2BibMi8GHV9CpUa2=2jsof2AXk5LeOE0TwRxTWc3w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B5749B46-02E5-4B48-858B-EE2743281154@me.com> References: <CAKAm69Fw%2BX3Xik6rUcEOrr0TtxypEc2D05%2B5g9JGh=N2VxZGpA@mail.gmail.com> <282E6F72-6573-4F0E-81AB-25110855EBB7@me.com> <CAKAm69EMraV0KaPEbsxTcEpwFjpNZtW-sc42mmSq=9vv%2BiyGzQ@mail.gmail.com> <2950121D-C985-4F2E-A512-FB73CFDF48BC@me.com> <CAKAm69Gd1yq0Lss2nByjkkfiTPCAW6wvaKPF8LVqbw%2BvbEnxUQ@mail.gmail.com> <4457A5DC-A577-4782-B1E8-306236908D5D@me.com> <CAKAm69EF98FZnh0KHkArPGX=_7OZT369kQr3J5YigE-0mOsgqA@mail.gmail.com> <B5749B46-02E5-4B48-858B-EE2743281154@me.com>
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Right ... I've the binaries in /boot, freshly made. This might be a silly question ... do I not need to copy them (or dd the boot1.efifat image) to the EFI partition ? /H On 23 October 2018 at 21:30, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: > you should have the binaries in boot - just ln (or copy) one to loader.ef= i > > rgds, > toomas > > > On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:22, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote: > > Yes ... so as everything is built, can I just alter LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP > in /etc/make.conf and then reinstall just the loader and boot parts onto > the UEFI partition ? If so, how ? > > > On 23 October 2018 at 21:17, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: > >> ok, in that case I=E2=80=99d suggest to test out if forth based one is s= till >> working - at least you can get the bootable system. And then there is a >> chance to debug the lua version too (note it should be possible to chain >> /boot/loader_lua.efi). >> >> rgds, >> toomas >> >> > On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:08, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote: >> > >> > So it's got FORTH in it, but my loader is lua based, and also doesn't >> > appear to read loader.rc. >> > >> > /H >> > >> > On 23 October 2018 at 21:03, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: >> > >> >> hm. in that case, whats the content of /boot/loader.rc ? >> >> >> >> rgds, >> >> toomas >> >> >> >> >> >> On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:01, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> If boot menu is the screen where you get the options for various >> kernels >> >> and the picture of the daemon head, no. It stops at the point in my >> email >> >> =E2=80=94 though not as I said just before the kernel is loaded but i= n point of >> >> fact before the menu. >> >> >> >> I've also rebuilt the kernel and still can't use efibootmgr which is >> >> puzzling me. >> >> >> >> /H >> >> >> >> >> >> On 23 October 2018 at 20:56, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Do you get boot menu? if so, press esc to get to ok prompt, then typ= e >> >>> start - if its bootfort based loader, it will load the kernel and >> modules. >> >>> lsmod will then list the loaded files. >> >>> >> >>> If the loader prompt is still usable, then next command would be: bo= ot >> >>> >> >>> rgds, >> >>> toomas >> >>> >> >>>> On 23 Oct 2018, at 20:45, Harry Newton <hn@yewbarrow.net> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Just upgraded my Asus UX303L (amd64) from 11-STABLE to 12.0-BETA1 >> >>> r339529 >> >>>> by source. Have a problem with booting which hangs after: >> >>>> >> >>>>>> FreeBSD EFI boot block >> >>>> Loader path: /boot/loader.efi >> >>>> >> >>>> Initializing modules: ZFS UFS >> >>>> Probing 5 block devices ... done >> >>>> ZFS found the following pools: zroot >> >>>> UFS found no partitions >> >>>> Consoles: EFI console >> >>>> FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, Revision 1.1 >> >>>> >> >>>> Command line arguments: loader.efi >> >>>> EFI version 2.31 >> >>>> EFI Firmware: American Megatrends (rev 4.654) >> >>>> Console: efi(0) >> >>>> Load Path: HD(4, GPT [ ... ] >> >>>> Load Device: Pci Root [ ... ] >> >>>> Boot Current: 0001 >> >>>> Boot Order: 0001 [x] >> >>>> Boot Info Path: HS(1, GPT, [ ... ] /\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI >> >>>> - >> >>>> >> >>>> So it gets into loader.efi which runs but stops I think just before >> >>> loading >> >>>> the kernel. Partitions: >> >>>> >> >>>> =3D> 40 250069600 ada0 GPT (119G) >> >>>> 40 1600 1 efi (800K) >> >>>> 1640 1024 2 freebsd-boot (512K) >> >>>> 2664 1432 - free - (716K) >> >>>> 4096 4194304 3 freebsd-swap (2.0G) >> >>>> 4198400 245870592 4 freebsd-zfs (117G) >> >>>> 250068992 648 - free - (324K) >> >>>> >> >>>> and the EFI partition is FAT 12. >> >>>> >> >>>> I can't provide (at the moment) any output from efibootmgr: >> >>>> >> >>>> root@gryphon:~ # efibootmgr -v >> >>>> efibootmgr: efi variables not supported on this system. root? kldlo= ad >> >>> efirt? >> >>>> root@gryphon:~ # kldload efirt >> >>>> kldload: can't load efirt: module already loaded or in kernel >> >>>> >> >>>> which I don't understand. >> >>>> >> >>>> I'm going to rebuild the kernel (currently GENERIC) and see if that >> >>> allows >> >>>> me to load efirt / use efibootmgr. >> >>>> >> >>>> In the meantime, I should be very grateful for any advice. >> >>>> >> >>>> ( Currently booting using a 11-RELEASE memstick image and dropping >> into >> >>> its >> >>>> loader to get to the installed 12-STABLE ). >> >>>> >> >>>> /Harry >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@f >> >>> reebsd.org" >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Harry Newton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Harry Newton >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@f >> reebsd.org" >> >> > > > -- > Harry Newton > > > --=20 Harry Newton
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