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Date:      Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:29:02 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexandr <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot boot from HDD
Message-ID:  <201110241429.02645.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4EA593B1.3010009@shurik.kiev.ua>
References:  <4EA12EC0.2040907@shurik.kiev.ua> <201110240946.25997.jhb@freebsd.org> <4EA593B1.3010009@shurik.kiev.ua>

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On Monday, October 24, 2011 12:34:57 pm Alexandr wrote:
> 24.10.2011 16:46, John Baldwin =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
> > On Friday, October 21, 2011 4:35:12 am Alexandr wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> A few weeks ago I have migrated to a new laptop Lenovo B570 and I cann=
ot
> >> boot from my HDD. At the start of the boot process HDD led blinks some
> >> times and boot continues from Network PXE. Bootloader from 8-RELEASE,
> >> 9-STABLE, and 10-CURRENT connot solve this issue.
> >> I am using a GPT scheme on my laptop:
> >>
> >> lenovo-b570# gpart show
> >> =3D>        34  976773101  ada0  GPT  (465G)
> >>            34        128     1  freebsd-boot  (64k)
> >>           162  976772973     2  freebsd-zfs  (465G)
> >>
> >> Now to boot my system I am using boottable usb-flash with Grub2
> >> installed. Choosing boot from HDD mbr starts boot my system.
> >> I discussed this problem in our local mailing list, but no success.
> >> The only way I see to resolve my problem at this time is to use such s=
cheme:
> >>
> >> bios-boot (with Grub2)
> >> freebsd-boot
> >> freebsd-zfs
> >
> > Hmm, sounds like your BIOS doesn't like the PMBR and doesn't try to boo=
t from
> > it as a result.  Have you tried updating your BIOS?  From a quick searc=
h it
> > seems even Windows can't boot from GPT on this box, but that a BIOS upd=
ate
> > might fix that.
> >
>=20
> Yes, I have updated BIOS to the latest version, but no success. I found=20
> similar threads at freebsd forum:

Hmmm, is the 0xee partition marked "active" in your MBR (if you look at the
disk with fdisk for example).

=2D-=20
John Baldwin



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