On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolf...@broadpark.no> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:26:03 +0100 > Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolf...@getmail.no> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I just installed FreeBSD 9.0-release / amd64 on a new machine (Acer Aspire >> X1470). >> I installed from a usb memory stick (the default amd64 image), which I >> booted by pressing "F12" and selecting it from the boot menu on the machine. >> I installed on a SSD (which replaced the hard drive originally in the >> machine), using the default scheme for 9.0 (GPT). >> The installation was painless (many thanks to all who made it that way), but >> when I try to boot the machine from the SSD afterwards, I just get this >> message from the BIOS: >> "ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed." >> I tried selecting the SSD from the boot menu (via F12) instead (it shows up >> as "EFI: M4-CT128M4SSD2"), but got the same message. >> I upgraded the BIOS from version P01-A3 to version P01-A4 (the newest >> available), still no dice. > > Just an update: > today I connected another disk to the machine (I used a sata-to-usb adapter, > but I think that doesn't matter), this disk is MBR-partitioned, > and the machine boots from this with no problems using the boot menu (via > F12). > root@kg-vm2# gpart show -p da1 > => 63 117210177 da1 MBR (55G) > 63 29350692 da1s1 freebsd (14G) > 29350755 29360079 da1s2 freebsd [active] (14G) > 58710834 58499406 - free - (27G) > > The non-working disk looks like this: > root@kg-vm2# gpart show -p ada0 > => 34 250069613 ada0 GPT (119G) > 34 128 ada0p1 freebsd-boot (64k) > 162 119537664 ada0p2 freebsd-ufs (57G) > 119537826 8388608 ada0p3 freebsd-swap (4.0G) > 127926434 121634816 ada0p4 freebsd-ufs (58G) > 249561250 508397 - free - (248M)
Just for reference, my GPT disk boots fine on my ThinkPad with the following: > gpart show /dev/ada1 => 34 1465149101 ada1 GPT (698G) 34 6 - free - (3.0k) 40 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k) 168 2097152 2 freebsd-ufs (1.0G) 2097320 8388608 3 freebsd-swap (4.0G) 10485928 10217472 4 freebsd-ufs (4.9G) 20703400 1048576 5 freebsd-ufs (512M) 21751976 124539712 6 freebsd-ufs (59G) 146291688 31134928 - free - (14G) 177426616 1287722512 7 freebsd-ufs (614G) 1465149128 7 - free - (3.5k) The disk has native 4K sectors, so the partitions are aligned accordingly. That is why the free chunk at the beginning. the second free chunk is due to my error which I'll get around to adding to p6 some day. I use traditional partitions (root, tmp, var, bin, and home) and the home partition is GELI encrypted. (I I had hardware crypto support, I'd encrypt everything.) The disk does have the protective MBR installed, though it's not really part of the GPT. (See the "GUID Partition Table" article on Wikipedia for more information.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"