From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat May 23 04:11:28 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 B34152F7500 for ; Sat, 23 May 2020 04:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "xray.he.net", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49TVKW2b01z4Jr4 for ; Sat, 23 May 2020 04:11:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 21:11:18 -0700 Subject: Re: installation of 12.1R and 11.3R fails To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 21:11:18 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49TVKW2b01z4Jr4 X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com has no SPF policy when checking 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.43 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.70)[0.700]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.86)[0.858]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[holgerdanske.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.97)[0.968]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; 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: Sat, 23 May 2020 04:11:28 -0000 On 2020-05-22 20:13, Donald Wilde wrote: > Hello, good Beasties - > > It is my pleasure to be back! > > I am trying to re-establish a FreeBSD presence on my servers and I am > having problems installing it on my development laptop. > > I'm using 12.1R, installed via the bootonly.iso DVD. This is a > hardwired Dell generic i3 laptop, which has successfully been running > Linux. Dell service tag? > The installation -- whole disk, AUTO, GPT, all options selected -- > downloads everything and appears to match all checksums and complete > successfully but when I reboot, it goes immediately into the PXE boot, > failing with no DHCP success. I've tried both Legacy and UEFI BIOS > mode and it refuses to recognize the hard drive installation > either way. > > I have tried both 11.3 and 12.1 releases, but have no joy. I have > reviewed the errata and I don't see anything describing this major a > problem. I didn't see anything in the booting sections of the > Handbook, either. I did see one entry in a DuckDuckGo search that said > I should use gpartd to associate my ada0 partition with boot0 but I > cannot find that listing again. > > I thought I was using every automatic option possible, but I seem to > have missed something. > > What am I missing? What can I try? Download the memstick installer and burn it to a USB flash drive: FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img Zero fill or secure erase the target system drive. Power up the laptop, enter CMOS setup, reset the settings to defaults, confirm, save if available (newer firmware saves automatically), exit, power off. Power up, set the firmware to BIOS/ Legacy mode (or whatever you laptop calls it), save, and exit. Power off. Power up. Enter CMOS setup again and verify all settings. Power off. Insert the FreeBSD installer USB flash drive. Power up and press whatever key brings up the boot menu. Boot the FreeBSD installer USB flash drive. Install FreeBSD. On the "Partitioning" screen, for item "Partition Scheme", choose "MBR (BIOS)". The last step of the installer is to reboot. Wait for the installer to shutdown and the firmware POST to begin. Power off the laptop. Remove the USB flash drive. Power up. The laptop should boot FreeBSD from the SSD/HDD. David