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Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=df523dc745914adcaed99d530711c484 X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.49 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rrbrussell.com,quarantine]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_EXCELLENT(-0.40)[64.147.123.19:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rrbrussell.com:s=fm2,messagingengine.com:s=fm2]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:64.147.123.19]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[64.147.123.19:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rrbrussell.com:+,messagingengine.com:+]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29838, ipnet:64.147.123.0/24, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[robert]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[messagingengine.com:dkim] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TCdBF2V63z413c --df523dc745914adcaed99d530711c484 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, at 02:35, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: > I pulled the release i386 and amd64 iso's from https://download.freebs= d.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/ and both require EFI to boot.=20 >=20 > Then I proceeded to download the source for releng14 and did the usual= build and install steps for an amd64 vdi (virtualbox setup on a Windows= host). However I've been unable to boot from either an MBR or a GPT sc= heme. Clearly I'm missing something. Does anyone have the incantation = to boot without EFI on either i386 or amd64? >=20 > I added WITHOUT_EFI to /etc/srcconf and rebuilt GENERIC but more is re= quired... >=20 > Also the loader no longer provides vidconsole as a console device. Ha= s vidconsole been replaced with eficonsole? =20 >=20 > Regards, Dewayne Just to confirm the FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img file does no= t boot unless UEFI is enabled on your Virtual Machine or physical hardwa= re? Have you double checked the checksum of the image or images you are usin= g? Assuming BIOS boot do you know if the device has previously booted using= GPT or only MBR partition tables? =E2=80=94 Robert --df523dc745914adcaed99d530711c484 Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sun, Jan 14,= 2024, at 02:35, Dewayne Geraghty wrote:
I pulled the release i386 and amd64 iso's = from https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/= 14.0/ and both require EFI to boot. 

Then I proceeded to download the source for releng14 and did the usual build and install steps for an amd64 vdi (virtualbox setup on a Windows host).  However I've been unable to boot f= rom either an MBR or a GPT scheme.  Clearly I'm missing something= .  Does anyone have the incantation to boot without EFI on either i386 or amd64?

I added WITHOUT_EFI to= /etc/srcconf and rebuilt GENERIC but more is required...

Also the loader n= o longer provides vidconsole as a console device.  Has vidconsole been replaced with eficonsole? &= nbsp;

Regards, Dewayne

Just to confirm the FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-mem= stick.img file does not boot unless UEFI is enabled on your Virtual Mach= ine or physical hardware?

Have you double c= hecked the checksum of the image or images you are using?
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Assuming BIOS boot do you know if the device has previous= ly booted using GPT or only MBR partition tables?

=E2=80=94 Robert
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