From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 25 23:46:57 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEAB62CF081 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 23:46:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lj1-x234.google.com (mail-lj1-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::234]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49WDJw6DTQz3d7R for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 23:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lj1-x234.google.com with SMTP id l15so22009171lje.9 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:46:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AcIbhNmoaU7/IdBrUmASp8N0nbww5ww06Bx5y6CCxeg=; b=SJOgs0b4mDI89w2JZn7nFwt0oqkydL6joBQCvfHoFn9ho3/qefTt4XDFW1sxcUdsW3 9oV8BxS/0Cmq0Kr4aEtWSSmvXMRlUMbz4ZVqxOyvhk0MjgUKt+ATZbjMak24YnI/2tv8 CtO9onuPUauFFFDrXA5v1hOj5hTZ28tyBNq4Pt0T3TQGTU3vk3mJ15euKWW2mhBcL1nt vw9lDTCrgKBtzks3cZmwsn6bbWenYA8nkr56CPSjT1/+/AcoV+3xRmd9jFYhwi0fq1Da 75sUwfBLwqiPKkZpBW2NWHc+sGh4G4EsfUNeDXl/QtcnAHZ8NA+DIhDf6aWHF1JbPgDy pEYw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AcIbhNmoaU7/IdBrUmASp8N0nbww5ww06Bx5y6CCxeg=; b=tJtf1VLF/dFBl7+rKqcGQAUDPt5LnzmkBk2/ygG7SBQidaAUPTLwiNHMV1Jibl+mgN /6/cskeE+f4BqwZ6XC8wrdD0KSCOUguifiiwjEJ55XUYPf6EY3XsnmFTde0pg9HcWU31 4sfhqHLx+xhbavXA3O1M0MO2WizeB/KEm4h2s+Hf5AQtxHW7U5PDgNWdQF8L/yLvhnuK yaG3Dpy31SBOUD9WK/Snv8gRVnxpDXpBaz7D+5ImYOsHI947U2LdChZvUGHXC3K7myqq ARsmD9uXojZKa9gSbUSzFnOAgPh2I55o14SewK0LOqtw6EF22u7LTzQWTqbfjwITsiq1 tfiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532pW/GWkWJf1Mazacz5k4equozE0yY9nceFBTTNN8/1nVt0nNv+ HCkHL1VDTC1pyJRKcXpXcZPrCLcQdZV2Hd6bfj0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxSx2SEsUGck1rKqPgrf8bWYuUnrTMnu+c6VFw1NAyty2ALzpp9D+umYMwn6qj7MPjuZjIHnHRCDqsoxZBNnPo= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:2281:: with SMTP id i123mr12386852lji.330.1590450414222; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:46:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab3:6742:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 25 May 2020 16:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: dwilde1@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <20200525110946.dd7440ac.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Donald Wilde Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 16:46:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: installation of 12.1R and 11.3R fails To: Michael Sierchio Cc: Polytropon , David Christensen , FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49WDJw6DTQz3d7R X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=SJOgs0b4; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dwilde1@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::234 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dwilde1@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.70 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[dwilde1@gmail.com]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.72)[-0.725]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.97)[-0.971]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.005]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; FREEMAIL_REPLYTO(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::234:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 23:46:57 -0000 On 5/25/20, Michael Sierchio wrote: > This is way more complex than what you need, edit away. I've never > observed this to fail. I avoid UEFI boot unless it's unavoidable. > > I've never observed it to fail, and I use it to build EC2 instances where= I > have no console access. It might seem that there are a lot of partitions= , > but I build security appliances. > Michael, this is very much worth my study, even if I might not be implementing all of it. I suspect that Cisco "Security Appliances" have very little on you outside of hardware tweaks. When I worked for Intel, they had a bunch of security code tweaks above and beyond their secure boot functionality. These had to do with the shadow processor built into every x86 and the code had a Chinese name that escapes me... something about flowers. Are you familiar with these? > #!/bin/sh > PATH=3D/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin [snip] > "Well," Brahm=C4=81 said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool i= s no > wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred.= " > > - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata > --=20 Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************