From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 13 15:00:16 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CFED2E7 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aew.freebsd@wrede.ca) Received: from mailb.wapanafa.org (mailb.wapanafa.org [92.50.76.13]) (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 BBB36B25 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:00:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aew.freebsd@wrede.ca) Received: from bakup (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailb.wapanafa.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A18634BC; Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:53:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wapanafa.org Received: from mailb.wapanafa.org ([127.0.0.1]) by bakup (mailb.wapanafa.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id t2kUyTU8D8Y6; Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:53:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wookie.we.wrede.pvt (cpe74d02b3f9639-cm7cb21b1f0c7f.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.251.99.129]) by mailb.wapanafa.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 82EE734B4; Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:53:42 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wrede.ca; s=S201404; t=1434207222; bh=KW8KC1l2rmC74qhLmPGWUs7tW9w8pIxuDnbmzs64Flo=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=o8INy4IUwv5tGC85XmLYVidju4yzhwCv7ZrhcmoiEioPeh1w/uJKXHz+CiEEL1Yep Fty1W24rJuBhVNiOFupHwTlGHLVgC2gHKwJaFO4cVn5jTyRUgItI5tyfqWY4PWxhzv 9yHFUlg1HkEWr+uhwBX1l3IsxTzUjWtE5KWIvFIA= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1, Mac Pro 2008, EFI, hangs at boot w/ "Start @0xfff...." From: Andreas Wrede In-Reply-To: <21883.35789.822027.413019@alacrity.local> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:53:39 -0400 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <79D327FB-3310-4642-8B16-6361AC26BAE2@wrede.ca> References: <21883.35789.822027.413019@alacrity.local> To: hartzell@alerce.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:00:16 -0000 > On Jun 12, 2015, at 21:47 , George Hartzell = wrote: >=20 >=20 > I have a 2008 Mac Pro (NOT a MacBook) that's been happily running > FreeBSD for years via MBR partitioned disks. When the Mac sees the > MBR partition it kicks in a bunch of bios emulation, which lets > freebsd run. >=20 > I've recently been inspired to try the EFI booting stuff. It has the > attraction of enabling the two extra SATA ports on the motherboard (or > more accurately, not disabling them as the BIOS emulation appears > to...). >=20 > I've tried both a USB stick of 10.1 and an SSD with -CURRENT. Both > use EFI booting and work on my Minnowboard. >=20 > Booting either way exhibits the same symptom. /boot/loader.efi > runskoads the kernel and stuff but when it boots it prints >=20 > Booting... > Start @0xffffffff802e7000 ... > _ >=20 > (that's the address when booted from the SSD, the address for the 10.1 > USB stick is 0xffffffff802df060) >=20 > and then hangs. >=20 > Thinking that maybe the console was pointing off somewhere, I tried > setting it at the forth/OK prompt, it was already set to "efi", which > seems like the best choice. >=20 > It'd be nice to get it booting via EFI. Any suggestions for what to > try next? My experience with a Mac Pro (2009) is similar. I tried to boot from CD = and USB with FreeBSD 10.1 and a -current snapshot from about 2 weeks = ago. A MacBook Pro (2010) booted without a problem with the both the = 10.1 and -current USB images. The MacPro will be available for more = testing in a week or two. --=20 aew