installation of 12.1R and 11.3R fails

[Donald Wilde]

Successfully installed a MBR-based 12.1R system.

Could NOT get a GPT-based installation to work, period, even after
zeroing the entire drive with dd or performing the process Manish
described.


On 5/23/20, Donald Wilde <dwilde1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The MBR boot after wiping the disk was successful. YAY, Beasties! TYVM
> for all the advice. :D
>
> Taking your thought to heart, D'Arcy, I'm going to try again with GPT
> now that Linux is gone, gone, gone! :D
>
> On 5/23/20, D'Arcy Cain <darcy at druid.net> wrote:
>> On 2020-05-23 00:43, Donald Wilde wrote:
>>> I will try using MBR instead of GPT, as you suggest. I did that once
>>> the first time and no joy. Other than that and using the USB instead
>>> of DVD, the only other delta in your procedure is zeroing the disk and
>>> ensuring that all settings in BIOS are set to default.
>>
>> This is exactly what I found when going from Linux to FreeBSD.  Just run
>> dd(1) with input file /dev/zero on the raw disk before starting your
>> installation.  You have to completely wipe out the Linux boot blocks.
>>
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>>
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