From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 24 19:04:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF5B106566B for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from smtp.getmail.no (smtp.getmail.no [84.208.15.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27928FC19 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:32 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from get-mta-scan02.get.basefarm.net ([10.5.16.4]) by get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-0.04 64bit (built Jun 20 2008)) with ESMTP id <0M1E00D7MKZK2K50@get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:04:32 +0100 (MET) Received: from get-mta-scan02.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id 005EB1EA55C6_F6E1AC0B for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no (cm-84.215.134.159.getinternet.no [84.215.134.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by get-mta-scan02.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTP id B33E61EA3FF7_F6E1ABFF for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:31 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:04:31 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20120324200431.0f7de58f.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> In-reply-to: <4F6E0955.8040807@borderworlds.dk> References: <20120324172603.ee066e06.torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> <4F6E0955.8040807@borderworlds.dk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 - GPT boot problems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:33 -0000 On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:50:13 +0100 Christian Laursen wrote: > It sounds a bit like the BIOS thinks that since the disk uses GPT you > want to EFI boot. That could very well be the case. > As far as I know the default bootcode in the PMBR is > meant for old style BIOS booting. Hmm, I was hoping that the pmbr / gptboot would work "both ways". > Is it possible to disable EFI in your BIOS? If that is the case, that's > probably the easiest solution. No, I haven't found any place to do that. Before I installed FreeBSD on this SSD (before it was partitioned with gpart) it showed up in the BIOS under "hard drive". (Other choices are "removable drive" Now it shows up under "EFI device", and doesn't show up under "hard drive". > I'm unsure of the current state of EFI boot in FreeBSD but a little bit > of searching did not look promising. Yes, after a bit of searching I agree with you. If anyone knows of a EFI capable boot loader for FreeBSD, I'm willing to try it. Rather that, than having to deal with grub, elilo or the other stuff. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen