Re: UEFI boot hangs after loader

So it's got FORTH in it, but my loader is lua based, and also doesn't
appear to read loader.rc.

/H

On 23 October 2018 at 21:03, Toomas Soome <tsoome_at_me.com> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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
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