From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 00:03:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@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 59322A62 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2014 00:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from potato.growveg.org (potato.growveg.org [62.49.247.163]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16009ECE for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2014 00:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from john by potato.growveg.org with local (Exim 4.82 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1WVrbj-000BwT-WB for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:03:43 +0100 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 01:03:43 +0100 From: John To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: UEFI bios, problem installing freebsd but not pc-bsd Message-ID: <20140404000343.GA45831@potato.growveg.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: John X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: john@potato.growveg.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on potato.growveg.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:03:53 -0000 Hello -stable, Got a new computer the other day. It has a UEFI bios. I downloaded the latest builds of 10-stable and 11 from allbsd, and also downloaded pc-bsd 10-R. Although I could install all three, for the freebsds the system would not get to the loader prompt. All I got was a blank screen and the cursor hopping around in the top left quadrant of the screen. In contrast to this, when I installed pc-bsd and the system rebooted, it was able to fully boot as expected. Why is this? I suspect it's due to UEFI but, unlike a server I look after, this machine does not appear to have a legacy bios. Now, while I have nothing against pc-bsd, I'm used to getting the base install sorted then installing what I need out of ports, probably because I'm an old fart who has been using freebsd as a desktop since 2.2.5. How can I make the proper BSD bootable after install in the face of UEFI ? How does pc-bsd overcome this limitation? [whoops, just looked at https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI - has anyone here got this to work?] thanks, -- John