Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 12:02:27 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Call for Testing: 12.0-CURRENT amd64 memstick installer boot-testing wanted Message-ID: <d9902f4b-ab08-f3ce-bab4-a74f38db4351@beastielabs.net> In-Reply-To: <20180530155039.GE97814@FreeBSD.org> References: <20180530155039.GE97814@FreeBSD.org>
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On 05/30/18 17:50, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, > > Could folks please help boot-test the most recent 12.0-CURRENT amd64 > memstick images on various hardware? Note, this is not a request to > install 12.0-CURRENT, only a boot-test with various system knobs > tweaked. > > The most recent images are available at: > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-mini-memstick.img > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-memstick.img > > We are interested in testing both UEFI and CSM/BIOS/legacy mode, as we > would like to get this included in the upcoming 11.2-RELEASE if the > change that had been committed addresses several boot issues reported > recently. > > Please help test, and report back (both successes and failures). > Hi, I tried to boot the memstick.img on the following two systems (both fairly ancient and just having a BIOS): ASUS N4L-VM DH, CPU T7400 @2.16GHz Intel DP965LT, CPU Q6600 @2.40GHz Both booted perfectly. With FreeBSD 11.1 the latter system needed a freshly written USB stick to be treated with "gpart recover da0 && gpart set -a active da0" before it would boot, so this is certainly an improvement. Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger www.beastielabs.net
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