Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:34:18 -0800 From: Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install Message-ID: <7cf7f5e255eedbfa2a442b40c24f2fd9@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <20191108103225.4333bc3b@ernst.home>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:32:25 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom said > On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:41:01 -0800 > Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge=2Ecom> wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome@me=2Ecom said > >=20 > > > > On 7=2E Nov 2019, at 17:23, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail=2Ecom> wrote: = =20 > > > > > >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:49:52 +0100 gljennjohn@gmail=2Ecom said = =20 > > > >> I chose GPT=2E =20 > > > > > > Maybe whoever wrote the EFI/BIOS code in your machine went all-= in on=20 > >=20 > > > > "Legacy", and it only handles MBR disks (or disks < 2=2E2TB)? > > > > After all, it seems like "not booting" would be a standards-complia= nt > > > > way for a classic BIOS to handle a GPT disk=2E =20 > > > > > =20 > > > if your system is not booting from GPT disk, it means it is not stand= ards > > > compliant=2E =20 > > Interesting=2E So then RELENG-12 is not "Standards" compliant=2E While 13-C= URRE > > NT is? > > IOW I attempted in early October to install each of the (13-CURRENT) in= stal > > l > > images available=2E Both on a 500Gb disk, and a 1Tb disk=2E All w/o success= =2E In > > desperation, I settled for the then (most recent) RELENG-12=2E 12 install= ed > > as all previous FreeBSD installs have done successfully=2E > > So something in (recent) 13' boot layout has changed=2E I can boot Legacy= /UEF > > I/GPT > > on 12=2E But cannot boot at all in recent 13=2E > > >=20 > I noticed that your 12 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions > but 13 has Stripesize: 4096 on all partitions=2E >=20 > My bootable 13 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions=2E >=20 > Whether that is the cause of your problem I can't say=2E Thanks for the reply, Gary=2E Toomas also had some valuable input on my problem booting 13=2E In any case=2E I used the installer to create the disk layout=2E I didn't do anything different than I have for many years installing FreeBSD from the install sources=2E What puzzles me, is that RELENG-12 creates a bootable install, whereas 13-CURRENT won't=2E I've manually setup disks innumerable times in the past=2E I'll see if doing so produces bootable media doing it from a 13-CURRENT live DVD, or MEMSTICK, and report my findings=2E Thanks again for taking the time to reply, Gary=2E >=20 > [snip gpart output] >=20 > --=20 > Gary Jennejohn --Chris
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