Re: mountroot> while booting r255342 memstick

From: Glen Barber <gjb_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:14:33 -0400
Also, if you can try the 9.2-RC4 image, that would also be appreciated.
If this is a problem only with 10.0, this is something re_at_ and hselasky_at_
(bcc'd) needs to be aware of.

Glen

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:09:30AM +0900, Lundberg, Johannes wrote:
> Does it work with the 9.1 image? If it does, you probably have the same
> problem as I do with the new Macbook Air.
> Optimisations made to the xhci driver causes it to fail. What I've done is
> to create a new install image with sys/dev/usb/controller/xhci* reverted
> back to 243780.
> 
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> Johannes Lundberg
> Project leader and lead developer of Mirama OS (previously Viking OS)
> BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD.
> 
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> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Nathan Whitehorn
> <nwhitehorn_at_freebsd.org>wrote:
> 
> > On 09/11/13 20:42, Uzumaki Naruto wrote:
> >
> >> If the issue is GPT and MBR, I am quite sure this laptop BIOS doesn't
> >>> support GPT disk type, because OEM Acer only gave GPT supported BIOS for
> >>> model that pre-loaded with Windows 8.
> >>>
> >> Maybe it helps to clarify, this laptop got no UEFI firmware, I could
> >> convert my hard disk to GPT type using diskpart command, but the
> >> functionality to boot from GPT partition is unavailable through BIOS.
> >>
> >>
> > Booting from GPT does not require BIOS support. BIOSes don't (or aren't
> > supposed to -- some broken ones do) parse the partition table at all.
> > -Nathan
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