From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 23:59:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0C3BCEE for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 700DD2FDD for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s7ANxr5u098249 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:59:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s7ANxrkX098246; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:59:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:59:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: "Eric L. Camachat" Subject: Re: No bootable device In-Reply-To: <53E7F6E5.3020004@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <53E7F6E5.3020004@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:59:53 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:59:56 -0000 On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, Eric L. Camachat wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > /usr/local/libexec/ppf_verify: pgp command failed > > gpg: Signature made Sun Aug 10 16:49:09 2014 MDT > gpg: using DSA key 0x49F050BB7A0EC18C > gpg: Can't check signature: No public key > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 08/09/2014 10:32, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >> >> the installed systems are not bootable , and the last sentence on the >> screen is the following : >> >> >> No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key >> > > If you installed into GPT partitions like this: > $ gpart show ada0 > => 34 488397101 ada0 GPT (233G) > 34 1038 1 freebsd-boot (519K) > 1072 455081984 2 freebsd-ufs (217G) > 455083056 33314079 3 freebsd-swap (16G) > > Try to make GPT in MBR as bootable (active) partition: > $ fdisk -s /dev/ada0 > /dev/ada0: 484521 cyl 16 hd 63 sec > Part Start Size Type Flags > 1: 1 488397167 0xee 0x80 > $ fdisk -p /dev/ada0 > # /dev/ada0 > g c484521 h16 s63 > p 1 0xee 1 488397167 > a 1 > > This is an known issue on HP laptops. The simpler version is gpart set -a active ada0 There are multiple possible issues. This one is due to strict compliance with the GPT standard. Another problem is when a BIOS system does weird things based on an MBR partition type. Some Lenovo systems do that. When that is the problem, using MBR partitioning rather than the PMBR from GPT can work.