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Date:      Sat, 06 Jul 2013 06:45:57 -0400
From:      "Simon" <simon@optinet.com>
To:        "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install
Message-ID:  <20130706105248.A03314C5@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307051932580.36830@wonkity.com>

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On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 19:43:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote:

>> I booted the 9.1 install CD, executed "gpart destroy -F ada0", and
>> installed.  After completing the install, boot fails with:
>>
>> ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed.

>That is a BIOS error, probably due to UEFI expecting a certain disk 
>layout when it finds GPT.


Does this mean GPT is not supported by this system? I thought
GPT is supposed to replace MBR and UEFI is the future. Perhaps
there is something in UEFI that can be tweaked to make it work
with GPT?

-Simon





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