Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install

On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:41:01 -0800
Chris <bsd-lists_at_BSDforge.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 17:28:16 +0200 Toomas Soome tsoome_at_me.com said
> 
> > > On 7. Nov 2019, at 17:23, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal_at_gmail.com> wrote:  
> > > > >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:49:52 +0100 gljennjohn_at_gmail.com said  
> > >> I chose GPT.  
> > > > > Maybe whoever wrote the EFI/BIOS code in your machine went all-in on  
> > > "Legacy", and it only handles MBR disks (or disks < 2.2TB)?
> > > After all, it seems like "not booting" would be a standards-compliant
> > > way for a classic BIOS to handle a GPT disk.  
> > > >   
> > if your system is not booting from GPT disk, it means it is not standards
> > compliant.  
> Interesting. So then RELENG-12 is not "Standards" compliant. While 13-CURRE
> NT is?
> IOW I attempted in early October to install each of the (13-CURRENT) instal
> l
> images available. Both on a 500Gb disk, and a 1Tb disk. All w/o success. In
> desperation, I settled for the then (most recent) RELENG-12. 12 installed
> as all previous FreeBSD installs have done successfully.
> So something in (recent) 13' boot layout has changed. I can boot Legacy/UEF
> I/GPT
> on 12. But cannot boot at all in recent 13.
>

I noticed that your 12 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions
but 13 has Stripesize: 4096 on all partitions.

My bootable 13 disk has Stripesize: 0 on all partitions.

Whether that is the cause of your problem I can't say.

[snip gpart output]

-- 
Gary Jennejohn