O. Hartmann wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Am Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:09:58 +0400 > Roman Bogorodskiy <novel_at_freebsd.org> schrieb: > > > O. Hartmann wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > > > Am Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:29:40 +0400 > > > Roman Bogorodskiy <novel_at_freebsd.org> schrieb: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a test box that's updated to -CURRENT usually once in a week or > > > > two. This box boots using UEFI. After a regular update about two weeks > > > > ago it started to panic on boot frequently (not UEFI related), but I > > > > could not get a crash dump because my swap partition was too small. So I > > > > moved data to the backup drive, repartitioned the main drive and boot > > > > again. This went fine, so I decided to upgrade to fresh -CURRENT from > > > > ~Jul 27th. Booting with the new kernel went fine, but after installworld > > > > machine stopped booting, and on the screen I see: > > > > > > > > FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, ... > > > > > > > > .. > > > > > > > > BootOrder: .... > > > > > > > > And then it gets stuck and nothing happens. > > > > > > > > As I already have a fresh backup, I decided that it'd be easier to > > > > just re-install and copy data back over (maybe I messed up with > > > > repartitioning). So I've downloaded a fresh snapshot: > > > > > > > > FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180726-r336739-memstick.img > > > > > > > > And re-installed. In the installer I choose all the same settings that > > > > were before: UEFI + GPT, default partition scheme it suggested (efi > > > > followed by freebsd-ufs followed by freebsd-swap), just increased the > > > > swap size. > > > > > > > > And the newly installed system won't boot just like a previous one: > > > > > > > > https://people.freebsd.org/~novel/misc/freebsd_efi_lookup.jpg > > > > > > > > Is there a way to recover this? > > > > > > > > Roman Bogorodskiy > > > > > > Just curious: > > > > > > When I installed FreeBSD last time from the recent (2018-07-26) USB flash drive on a > > > SSD, the freebsd-swap partition followed immediately after the ESP and/or > > > freebsd-boot GPT loader partition. But in most cases I used to use ZFS for testing. > > > > When I reinstalled it yesterday from -CURRENT snapshot mentioned above, > > in guided mode it suggested a similar partitioning schema that I use: > > > > => 40 1953525088 ada0 GPT (932G) > > 40 409600 1 efi (200M) > > 409640 1803550720 2 freebsd-ufs (860G) > > 1803960360 148897792 3 freebsd-swap (71G) > > 1952858152 666976 - free - (326M) > > > > The only difference it that the freebsd-swap size was 3.5G (and > > therefore, freebsd-ufs is large), the order was the same. > > > > > Since I had my UEFI adventure of my own these days and received valuable hints from > > > the development/maintenance team on some UEFI aspects, it would be of interest to > > > know your recent hardware and, more importantly since I see the boot order presented > > > in you screenshot, a dump of the efi variable settings. Just for curiosity. For that, > > > you have to boot the recent USB flash drive image with UEFI-only, then logon as root > > > and perform > > > > > > kldload efirt > > > > > > and then issue > > > > > > # efibootmgr -v > > > > > > In my case, it looks like > > > > > > [...] > > > [ohartmann]: sudo efibootmgr -v > > > BootCurrent: 0001 > > > Timeout : 3 seconds > > > BootOrder : 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0000 > > > +Boot0001* FreeBSD-12 \ > > > HD(1,GPT,e1460941-e2e9-11e5-b913-d0509907ef09,0x28,0x640)/File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi) > > > \ ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null) > > > Boot0002* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0) > > > Boot0003* CD/DVD Drive BBS(CDROM,,0x0) > > > Boot0004* USB BBS(USB,,0x0) > > > Boot0005* Network Card BBS(Network,,0x0) > > > Boot0000 FreeBSD-12 > > > HD(1,GPT,e1460941-e2e9-11e5-b913-d0509907ef09,0x28,0x640)/File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi) > > > ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null) > > > > > > > > > Unreferenced Variables: > > > [...] > > > > > > Boot0000 is the same as Boot0001 and is defined due to some "bug" Warner Losh has > > > fixed recently, it is the same as Boot0001 > > > > Motherboard is (from dmidecode): > > > > Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes > > BIOS Information > > Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > > Version: 0806 > > Release Date: 02/20/2014 > > Address: 0xF0000 > > Runtime Size: 64 kB > > ROM Size: 16 MB > > Characteristics: > > PCI is supported > > APM is supported > > BIOS is upgradeable > > BIOS shadowing is allowed > > Boot from CD is supported > > Selectable boot is supported > > BIOS ROM is socketed > > EDD is supported > > 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > > 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > > 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > > Print screen service is supported (int 5h) > > 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) > > Serial services are supported (int 14h) > > Printer services are supported (int 17h) > > ACPI is supported > > USB legacy is supported > > BIOS boot specification is supported > > Targeted content distribution is supported > > UEFI is supported > > BIOS Revision: 4.6 > > > > Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes > > Base Board Information > > Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. > > Product Name: B85M-E > > Version: Rev X.0x > > Serial Number: 140526238405585 > > Asset Tag: To be filled by > > O.E.M. > > Features: Board is a hosting > > board Board is > > replaceable Location In Chassis: To be filled by > > O.E.M. Chassis Handle: > > 0x0003 Type: > > Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0 > > > > 'efibootmgr -v' output: > > > > BootCurrent: 0004 > > Timeout : 1 seconds > > BootOrder : 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004 > > Boot0001* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0) > > Boot0002* Network Card BBS(Network,,0x0) > > Boot0003* UEFI OS > > HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI) > > ada0p1:/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (null) > > Path(0,0,ae84b11df581724e85442bab0c2cac5c020000020000) +Boot0004* UEFI: SanDisk > > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0x1,0x0)/USB(0x4,0x0)/HD(1,MBR,0x90909090,0x1,0x640) > > VenHw(2d6447ef-3bc9-41a0-ac19-4d51d01b4ce6,530061006e004400690073006b000000) > > > > > > Unreferenced Variables: > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > oh > > > > > > - -- > > > O. Hartmann > > > > > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder Übermittlung meiner Daten für > > > Werbezwecke oder für die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (§ 28 Abs. 4 BDSG). > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > iLUEARMKAB0WIQQZVZMzAtwC2T/86TrS528fyFhYlAUCW11wfgAKCRDS528fyFhY > > > lMojAf929USx1x7I/sSGLtEWKO8rm9IXf1JEpQ7GSdI6YHid364x7fbrUBhDZYuT > > > JVanY57Li2oLOXogHtMw6eDUyD+aAf9GTE30LUNRhmcJ7el62Vwpm0oUBG2as52i > > > +v58EZ9c20yKQKuXt446dhbILyODDPKmc9ykAvnE0TtMiTHk6vRn > > > =M7vi > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Roman Bogorodskiy > > The order of the partitions was simply an observation and from the "old days" with HDD as > mass storage/boot storage with rotating platters it was some sort of important for the > access latency where to position the swap partition. With NAND flash based SSD this > became obsolete - so, please don't be bothered about that. > > - From my (non-expert) point of view, you UEFI variables look "normal" (according to what > I see on my boxes at home), but I was wondering about the "aged" firmware of you > mainboard. Checking out at ASUS' website/support, they claim they have a more recent > firmare from 2018! This would be on par with the Spectre/Meltdown mitigation promises > made by most valuable/reliable mainboard vendors and Intel: > > https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B85ME/HelpDesk_BIOS/ > > Version 3602 2018/05/25 7.29 MByte B85M-E BIOS 3602 > > Since dmidecode reports on my ASRock crap mainboard also > > BIOS Revision: 4.6 > > I guess this one is fake or some "default" from the dmidecode program not identifying > the correct revision - or it's another semantic not known to me. > > But my dmidecode looks like this, with the latest BETA ASrock provides for this long > time ago discontinued Z77 Pro4-board: > > [...] > > # dmidecode 3.1 > # SMBIOS entry point at 0x000f04c0 > Found SMBIOS entry point in EFI, reading table from /dev/mem. > SMBIOS 2.7 present. > 26 structures occupying 1523 bytes. > Table at 0x000EE7F0. > > Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes > BIOS Information > Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > Version: P2.00 > Release Date: 03/13/2018 > Address: 0xF0000 > Runtime Size: 64 kB > ROM Size: 8192 kB > Characteristics: > PCI is supported > BIOS is upgradeable > BIOS shadowing is allowed > Boot from CD is supported > Selectable boot is supported > BIOS ROM is socketed > EDD is supported > 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) > Print screen service is supported (int 5h) > 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) > Serial services are supported (int 14h) > Printer services are supported (int 17h) > ACPI is supported > USB legacy is supported > BIOS boot specification is supported > Targeted content distribution is supported > UEFI is supported > BIOS Revision: 4.6 > [...] > > Watch out the Version: P2.00 entry, which is indeed the version number of the firmware. > So, in your case, the firmware is also a bit outdated, from 2014. I'd update the firmware > prior to any further action if there are no obligations from hardware incompatibilities > so far to meet the neccessity of lates Intel/AMD microcode updates and/or other UEFI > vulnerabilities of which I have no active memories about, but they hit me 2015/2016 on > our servers. There is no guarantee that the firmware update will salvage your problem, > but that might be worth a shot. Also, ASUS mention to have solved performance issues > with the latest firmware, please consider consulting the description of the latest > firmware release. > > As the next step, as from my "naive" point of view, I would perform the steps recommended > to me by FreeBSD's developers to set the UEFI variables again: > > Boot in UEFI mode from the USB flash device > Logon as root > mount -uw / > kldload efirt > mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0p1 /mnt > > efibootmgr -c -l /mnt/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi -L FreeBSD > efibootmgr -v > > Look for the "Boot000X" entry labeled with "FreeBSD", take the number portion of the that > Boot000X variable (000X) and perform > > efibootmgr -a 000X > efibootmgr -n 000X (this one is "extra" and can be ommited, it means "next boot", see > manpage efibootmgr(8)) > > and check again with > > efibootmgr -v > > The "maneuver" above is only in case the settings of UEFI variables has gone rogue. > > Regards, > > oh I've updated BIOS (which alone didn't change anything) and executed commands you suggested, and it helped! Thanks! Now 'efibootmgr -v' output looks like this: BootCurrent: 0000 Timeout : 1 seconds BootOrder : 0000, 0004, 0006, 0003, 0007 +Boot0000* FreeBSD HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi) ada0p1:/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi (null) Boot0004* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0) Boot0006* Network Card BBS(Network,,0x0) Boot0003* UEFI OS HD(1,GPT,78459ec0-9303-11e8-97e6-98ded0009b1c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI) ada0p1:/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (null) Path(0,0,ef47642dc93ba041ac194d51d01b4ce65200650061006c00740065006b00200042006f006f00740020004100670065006e0074000000) Boot0007* UEFI: SanDisk PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x9,0x0)/HD(1,MBR,0x90909090,0x1,0x640) VenHw(2d6447ef-3bc9-41a0-ac19-4d51d01b4ce6,340043003500330031003000300031003500340031003000310035003100300039003000390035000000) Unreferenced Variables: This is strange, because the only difference I see is that Boot0000 has lowercase filenames ('/efi/boot/BOOTx64.efi' vs '/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI'). I'm wondering if that's the only reason it wasn't working before? > - -- > O. Hartmann > > Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder Übermittlung meiner Daten für > Werbezwecke oder für die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (§ 28 Abs. 4 BDSG). > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iLUEARMKAB0WIQQZVZMzAtwC2T/86TrS528fyFhYlAUCW12BFgAKCRDS528fyFhY > lLZOAf0V9r/0LzMoKOJfxNhBNsLGFkVRxB6zv9OQV3ytAczGb4alGJRMv8PqDlPi > Vxgp3D+Aq5J9B/Thh2PCEX9v8AFuAgCoUztwd7APBeCaW1TVivWl7X9PpuSZIclU > PhiaxxU51DYekjKZEEUiwJiq75KZH+6SGdzvfEN+0a5H1BK2awgP > =fzRU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Roman Bogorodskiy
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