Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-06 Thread Simon
On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 19:43:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: I booted the 9.1 install CD, executed gpart destroy -F ada0, and installed. After completing the install, boot fails with: ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed. That is a BIOS error, probably due to UEFI

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 6 Jul 2013, Simon wrote: On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 19:43:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: I booted the 9.1 install CD, executed gpart destroy -F ada0, and installed. After completing the install, boot fails with: ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed. That is a

FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James E. Pace
Hi, I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core i5-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and 12 GB of memory, shipped with Windows 8. I have disabled Secure Boot and enabled Legacy device booting. I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James E. Pace wrote: I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core i5-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and 12 GB of memory, shipped with Windows 8. I have disabled Secure Boot and enabled Legacy device booting. That says the disk is GPT

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James E. Pace
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your trying to help me. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James E. Pace wrote: I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core i5-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James E. Pace wrote: Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your trying to help me. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James E. Pace wrote: I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James Pace
You, sir, are a wizard. You magical incantations worked, and I now have a bootable FreeBSD 9.1 system.  ​ ​ Use 'gpart destroy' again, and set up an MBR partitioning scheme:  http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=149210postcount=13   I really, really appreciate your help. ​  James

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James Pace wrote: You, sir, are a wizard. You magical incantations worked, and I now have a bootable FreeBSD 9.1 system. ? ? Use 'gpart destroy' again, and set up an MBR partitioning scheme: http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=149210postcount=13 I really, really