Re: CURRENT October images do not create a bootable install

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:32:25 +0100 gljennjohn_at_gmail.com said

> 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.

Thanks for the reply, Gary.
Toomas also had some valuable input on my problem booting 13.
In any case. I used the installer to create the disk layout. I didn't
do anything different than I have for many years installing FreeBSD from
the install sources. What puzzles me, is that RELENG-12 creates a
bootable install, whereas 13-CURRENT won't.
I've manually setup disks innumerable times in the past. I'll see
if doing so produces bootable media doing it from a 13-CURRENT live
DVD, or MEMSTICK, and report my findings.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply, Gary.
> 
> [snip gpart output]
> 
> -- 
> Gary Jennejohn

--Chris