Re: UEFI boot hangs after loader

hm. in that case, whats the content of /boot/loader.rc ?

rgds,
toomas

> On 23 Oct 2018, at 23:01, Harry Newton <hn_at_yewbarrow.net> wrote:
> 
> If boot menu is the screen where you get the options for various kernels and the picture of the daemon head, no.  It stops at the point in my email — though not as I said just before the kernel is loaded but in point of fact before the menu.
> 
> I've also rebuilt the kernel and still can't use efibootmgr which is puzzling me.
> 
> /H
> 
> 
> On 23 October 2018 at 20:56, Toomas Soome <tsoome_at_me.com <mailto:tsoome_at_me.com>> wrote:
> Do you get boot menu? if so, press esc to get to ok prompt, then type start - if its bootfort based loader, it will load the kernel and modules. lsmod will then list the loaded files.
> 
> If the loader prompt is still usable, then next command would be: boot
> 
> rgds,
> toomas
> 
> > On 23 Oct 2018, at 20:45, Harry Newton <hn_at_yewbarrow.net <mailto:hn_at_yewbarrow.net>> wrote:
> > 
> > Just upgraded my Asus UX303L (amd64) from 11-STABLE to 12.0-BETA1 r339529
> > by source.  Have a problem with booting which hangs after:
> > 
> >>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
> > Loader path: /boot/loader.efi
> > 
> > Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
> > Probing 5 block devices ... done
> >  ZFS found the following pools: zroot
> >  UFS found no partitions
> >  Consoles: EFI console
> >  FreeBSD/amd64 EFI loader, Revision 1.1
> > 
> >    Command line arguments: loader.efi
> >    EFI version 2.31
> >    EFI Firmware: American Megatrends (rev 4.654)
> >    Console: efi(0)
> >    Load Path: HD(4, GPT [ ... ]
> >    Load Device: Pci Root [ ... ]
> >    Boot Current: 0001
> >    Boot Order: 0001 [x]
> >    Boot Info Path: HS(1, GPT,  [ ... ]  /\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI
> > -
> > 
> > So it gets into loader.efi which runs but stops I think just before loading
> > the kernel.  Partitions:
> > 
> > =>       40  250069600  ada0  GPT  (119G)
> >         40       1600     1  efi  (800K)
> >       1640       1024     2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
> >       2664       1432        - free -  (716K)
> >       4096    4194304     3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
> >    4198400  245870592     4  freebsd-zfs  (117G)
> >  250068992        648        - free -  (324K)
> > 
> > and the EFI partition is FAT 12.
> > 
> > I can't provide (at the moment) any output from efibootmgr:
> > 
> > root_at_gryphon:~ # efibootmgr -v
> > efibootmgr: efi variables not supported on this system. root? kldload efirt?
> > root_at_gryphon:~ # kldload efirt
> > kldload: can't load efirt: module already loaded or in kernel
> > 
> > which I don't understand.
> > 
> > I'm going to rebuild the kernel (currently GENERIC) and see if that allows
> > me to load efirt / use efibootmgr.
> > 
> > In the meantime, I should be very grateful for any advice.
> > 
> > ( Currently booting using a 11-RELEASE memstick image and dropping into its
> > loader to get to the installed 12-STABLE ).
> > 
> > /Harry
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> -- 
> Harry Newton