On 30 Apr 2014 03:28, "Martijn Rijkeboer" <mart...@bunix.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've got a weird disklabel related problem (or so it seems). When I > partition my harddisk with fdisk and add an OpenBSD (A6) primary > partition the system can still boot, but once I place a disklabel > on the partition (disklabel -E sd0) I can't boot the system anymore > (it freezes during the post). > > System Info: > - OS: OpenBSD-current AMD64 > - CPU: Intel Core i3 4130T > - Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H > - Harddisk: WD Green 1TB (SATA) > > It is possible that it's a Gigabyte specific problem since Karl > Karlsson has the same problem with his Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-DH3 > motherboard. > > The other strange thing is that if I use an USB-stick instead > of the harddisk I can install and boot OpenBSD without problems. > Even with the harddisk present, but without a disklabel, I can > still boot from the USB stick, but as soon as I place a disklabel > on the harddisk (although it isn't used, nor in the boot sequence) > the system freezes during the post again. > > Any suggestions on how to fix this or should I just buy a different > motherboard? > > Kind regards, > > > Martijn Rijkeboer >
Can you provide a hex dump of the MBR Linux produces? The evidence would seem to point at the boot code stored in the MBR. To which I made a recent minor tweak. So you might also try a 5.4 install to see if it works. .... Ken
