Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On 30 May 2018 at 18:08, Philip Homburg wrote: >>Strange. Can you try an updated test image of mine >>(https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28.xz) Oops - that should have been https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28-amd64.xz But the most recent snapshot images have been built the same way now: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-mini-memstick.img https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-memstick.img ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
>Strange. Can you try an updated test image of mine >(https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28.xz) That gives a 404. I have the strong suspision that your previous image doesn't get recognized as bootable because the C/H/S values are not filled in. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 08:29:57AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > On 25 May 2018 at 04:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > > > > > > I have bad news and some good news. > > > > > > The bad news is that with this image the USB stick doesn't get recognized > > > as > > > a boot device. Same as with the 11.2-BETA2 images. > > > > At least it's not a regression. > > > > > The good news is that if I completely recreate the MBR, keeping the > > > layout of > > > the partitions the same, then the USB stick is recognized. > > > > Strange. Can you try an updated test image of mine > > (https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28.xz) or this > > week's -CURRENT snapshot? > > What version(s) of the snapshots sould be tested? > disc1.iso? dvd1.iso? memstick? > The *memstick.img for amd64, from this week. (20180529 r334337) https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-snapshots/2018-May/000411.html Glen signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
> On 25 May 2018 at 04:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > > > > I have bad news and some good news. > > > > The bad news is that with this image the USB stick doesn't get recognized as > > a boot device. Same as with the 11.2-BETA2 images. > > At least it's not a regression. > > > The good news is that if I completely recreate the MBR, keeping the layout > > of > > the partitions the same, then the USB stick is recognized. > > Strange. Can you try an updated test image of mine > (https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28.xz) or this > week's -CURRENT snapshot? What version(s) of the snapshots sould be tested? disc1.iso? dvd1.iso? memstick? -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On 25 May 2018 at 04:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > > I have bad news and some good news. > > The bad news is that with this image the USB stick doesn't get recognized as > a boot device. Same as with the 11.2-BETA2 images. At least it's not a regression. > The good news is that if I completely recreate the MBR, keeping the layout of > the partitions the same, then the USB stick is recognized. Strange. Can you try an updated test image of mine (https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image-2018-05-28.xz) or this week's -CURRENT snapshot? ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
>Can you download the image from >https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image.amd64.xz, uncompress and >write it to a USB stick and try on this system? This is a >MBR-partitioned dual-mode test image. It's not an installer - it >should just boot to a login prompt - but can be used to test this >scheme. I have bad news and some good news. The bad news is that with this image the USB stick doesn't get recognized as a boot device. Same as with the 11.2-BETA2 images. The good news is that if I completely recreate the MBR, keeping the layout of the partitions the same, then the USB stick is recognized. The weird news is that it then proceeds to boot from harddisk. But that may be an issue with the boot code I put on. So the issue is limited to the MBR. I'll try to figure out what exactly makes the difference. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
> On 23 May 2018 at 17:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > > I tried both FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso.xz and > > FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 > > BIOS version 2.7.0. With both images, the USB stick is not recognized. > > Can you download the image from > https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image.amd64.xz, uncompress and > write it to a USB stick and try on this system? This is a > MBR-partitioned dual-mode test image. It's not an installer - it > should just boot to a login prompt - but can be used to test this > scheme. Ed, I tested this here on my R710 that was failing to boot in Bios mode with the amd64-11.2-Beta2 disc1.iso, your mini-image boots fine in either Bios or UEFI mode on my Dell R710, so what ever you did fixed at least my one data point. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:11 PM Ed Maste wrote: > On 23 May 2018 at 17:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > > I tried both FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso.xz and > > FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 > > BIOS version 2.7.0. With both images, the USB stick is not recognized. > > Can you download the image from > https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image.amd64.xz, uncompress and > write it to a USB stick and try on this system? This is a > MBR-partitioned dual-mode test image. It's not an installer - it > should just boot to a login prompt - but can be used to test this > scheme. > Tested successfully on Dell Latitude E7450 for both legacy BIOS and UEFI boot mode. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On 23 May 2018 at 17:51, Philip Homburg wrote: > I tried both FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso.xz and > FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 > BIOS version 2.7.0. With both images, the USB stick is not recognized. Can you download the image from https://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/mini-image.amd64.xz, uncompress and write it to a USB stick and try on this system? This is a MBR-partitioned dual-mode test image. It's not an installer - it should just boot to a login prompt - but can be used to test this scheme. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
I tried both FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso.xz and FreeBSD-11.2-BETA2-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 BIOS version 2.7.0. With both images, the USB stick is not recognized. For reference I tried an image for a random other OS and in that case the USB stick is recognized. I'll try to experiment a bit to see if I can find what causes the issue. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Boot USB memstick with MBR (WAS: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver)
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Philip Homburg wrote: > >It's not that hard create a mbr based usb-stick. Far easier than to find a > >CD burner. > > 'Not hard' means > - undocumented. Or at least, if you start with release notes and install > instructions you won't find it. > - Probably only works if you already have a FreeBSD system. > > And if it is indeed 'not hard', why not just generate such an image as > part > of the release build? > As someone who burn memsticks weekly and don't own a cd r/w, I agree. It seems there's no way to download an .iso or .img image that will boot from usb on legacy bios. This is bad and should be fixed. We shouldn't expect people that want to experiment with FreeBSD on non-UEFI hardware to already have a FreeBSD installation where they can prepare boot media... They shouldn't have to. File a bug report in bugzilla and try to poke the right people (I don't know who is working in this area). I guess the options are, either we make a hybrid .img that'll boot off both (maybe not that easy if it requires changes to boot assembly code) or just add a -legacy-bios.img to the image generation scripts. This is important since it's about lowering the threshold of bringing people to FreeBSD and giving a good (i.e. working) first impression. > > >I believe boot/loader.conf is something you have to create, it is not > there > >by default. > > That's not the problem. The problem is that it lives on a separate zpool > that > is lost at every reboot. > > > ___ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
