On 2015-09-04 23:07, Dmitry Postolov wrote:
> Hi to all again!
> 
> [Solved] After #dd if=freebsd11.0-current.img of=/dev/da1 bs=8M I am print 
> man fdisk and run #fdisk -a /dev/da1 and set Active partition for 
> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT installer, after that NUC Bios successfully run 
> usb-stick.img. Thank to All and man pages!
> 
> 05.09.2015, 05:06, "Dmitry Postolov" <dip-free...@yandex.ru>:
>> Hi to all! Sorry for my bad English...
>>
>> FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64.img successfully starts from USB-stick and from 
>> drive afrer installation with workaround "GPT + Active" in installer menu.
>>
>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-amd64.img doesn't start from USB-stick. Intel NUC 
>> DN2820(2830)FYKH0 Bios 0051 print about error: "Reboot snd Select proper 
>> Boot device or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key".
>>
>> Maybe problem consists in, that to set a flag "GPT + Active" for 
>> CURRENT-amd64.img? How I can make it?
>>
>> 10.05.2015, 16:33, "Dmitry Postolov" <dip-free...@yandex.ru>:
>>>  Hi to all!
>>>
>>>  Sorry for my bad English... This message is translated with help of the 
>>> translator's online.
>>>
>>>  You could comment on a situation with my nettop Intel NUC DN2820FYKH (CPU 
>>> Celeron N2830)?
>>>
>>>  This NUC was delivered with pre-installed BIOS 0032. With this version 
>>> BIOS I am could install FreeBSD 10 and 11-CURRENT. In next version of BIOS 
>>> 0034 and later installing was a problems. Message of other user, NUC DN2820 
>>> can't recognize FreeBSD bootsect.
>>>
>>>  https://communities.intel.com/message/245413
>>>
>>>  My situation: ---
>>>
>>>  FreeBSD-10.1-STABLE-usb-stick.img (May 5 2015) after #dd: ls /dev/da*
>>>
>>>  /dev/da0 /dev/da0a # Probable this is MBR structure?
>>>
>>>  FreeBSD-11-CURRENT-usb-stick.img (May 5 2015) after #dd: ls /dev/da*
>>>
>>>  /dev/da0 /dev/da0p1 /dev/da0p2 /dev/da0p3 /dev/da0p4 # Probable this is 
>>> GPT structure?
>>>
>>>  ---
>>>
>>>  And probable the Bug of Intel BIOS for NUC 2820 (N2830):
>>>
>>>  0032 BIOS can start MBR FreeBSD-10.1-usb-stick installer, bsdinstall by 
>>> default offers GPT structure for HDD. 0032 successfully run FreeBSD from 
>>> GPT HDD. Also 0032 can start GPT FreeBSD-11-CURRENT-usb-stick installer, 
>>> bsdinstall by default offers MBR structure for HDD? (or use last MBR-HDD 
>>> setting). After install 0032 successfully start FreeBSD-11-CURRENT from HDD.
>>>
>>>  But with modern BIOS (for example 0050 - latest at this time): 0050 BIOS 
>>> can start MBR FreeBSD-10.1-usb-stick installer, bsdinstaller by default 
>>> offers GPT HDD structure. If install 10.1 with default settings and start 
>>> 10.1 from HDD -> Error. If GPT HDD manually changed to MBR HDD, then 10.1 
>>> successfully starts from HDD.
>>>
>>>  But 11-CURRENT-usb-stick has GPT structure and BIOS 0050 can't run it from 
>>> USB. :-((
>>>
>>>  Workaround: Reflash 0032 -> Install FreeBSD-11-CURRENT -> OK -> Reflash 
>>> 0050 -> 11-CURRENT starts OK from MBR HDD.
>>>
>>>  Question: if this situation doesn't be fixed by Intel, how NUC 2820(2830) 
>>> new versions of BIOS users can start FreeBSD-11 without BIOS reflashing, if 
>>> FreeBSD-11-stick.img will be only at GPT structure?
>>>
>>>  ---
>>>
>>>  best regards,
>>>  Dmitry Postolov
>>>  dip-free...@yandex.ru
>>>

You can avoid fdisk and just do: gpart set -a active da0


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Allan Jude

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