If the bootpool does not start at the first sector of the BSD partition
then zfsldr seeks to the wrong offset inside the ZFS vdev label, and is
unable to find zfsboot, so the system does not boot
If 4k alignment is requested, align the BSD partition in the MBR table,
and align the swap and data pool, but the bootpool must start at sector 1
While here, if 4k alignment is requested, disable MBR CHS alignment, as
this results in not-4k aligned partitions.
Reported by: Alex Wilkinson
MFC after: 5 days
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
The Dell Precision Tower 5810 fails to boot from GPT in Legacy/BIOS mode
without the Active flag in the Protective MBR. Suggest the workaround
during installation.
Since an increasing number of Dell systems exhibit this behavior,
I imagine all Dells past a certain date will do so. I would like
to suggest the workaround for all Dells with a BIOS date of, say,
2014 or later, but I would need to test a variety of systems before
committing such a change.
Reviewed by: allanjude, dteske
MFC after: 5 days
Relnotes: We should probably suggest using GPT+Active on "recent" Dells.
Sponsored by: Dell Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4075
- Rework MANIFEST generation and parsing via bsdinstall(8).
- Allow selecting debugging distribution sets during install.
- Rework bsdinstall(8) to fetch remote debug distribution sets
when they are not available on the local install medium.
- Allow selecting additional non-GENERIC kernels during install.
At present, GENERIC is still required, and installed by default.
Tested with: head@r293203
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
For Lenovo laptops with buggy bios (x220, t420, t520):
Write the 0xee entry into the second slot in the pmbr instead of the first
For some Dell and HP models:
The BIOS gives a warning message when booting in legacy mode from a GPT partitioned disk where the 0xee partition in the pmbr is not flagged active
For models known to have this problem, mark the pmbr active during installation
Use smbios data to identify machines known to be affected by any of the above, and offer the user the option to apply the workaround
In bsdinstall's ufs auto mode (autopart partition wizard):
Allow users to select which type of partition table to use
Keep current defaults: MBR for BIOS, GPT for UEFI
This allows users to choose GPT for legacy boot if they wish
PR: 184910
PR: 194359
Reviewed by: Michael Dexter
Approved by: marcel
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-With: r285594
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3091
A variable was misspelled resulting in chmod executing on the installer instead of on the target chroot
PR: 191402
Submitted by: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com>
Approved by: brueffer
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3061
Off by default, build behaves normally.
WITH_META_MODE we get auto objdir creation, the ability to
start build from anywhere in the tree.
Still need to add real targets under targets/ to build packages.
Differential Revision: D2796
Reviewed by: brooks imp
A new loader.conf(5) option of geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="YES" will now
allow you to enter your geli(8) root-mount credentials prior to invoking
the kernel.
See check-password.4th(8) for details.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2105
Reviewed by: imp, kmoore
Discussed on: -current
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-to: stable/10
Relnotes: yes
