Re: FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64 "Missing operating system"

From: David Christensen <dpchrist_at_holgerdanske.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:06:27 UTC 
On 12/15/21 6:28 PM, Graham Perrin wrote:
> On 14/12/2021 05:50, David Christensen wrote:
>> freebsd-questions:
>>
>> I installed FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64 on a Dell Latitude E6520 with 
>> firmware Settings -> General -> Boot Sequence -> Boot List Option -> 
>> Legacy (e.g. BIOS/MBR):
>>
>> Welcome to FreeBSD        Boot Multi user
>> Welcome                Install
>> Keymap Selection        Continue with default keymap
>> Set Hostname            ragnar.tracy.holgerdanske.com
>> Distribution Selection        <none>
>> Partitioning            Auto (ZFS)
>>     Pool Type/Disks        stripe: 1 disk
>>                 ada0 INTEL SSDSC2CW060A3
>>     Pool Name            ragnar_zroot 𠉧
> 
> …
> 
> 
> OK, that's ragnar_zroot


Yes. I do not see the trailing Unicode, or whatever, in my original post 
(?):

On 12/13/21 9:50 PM, David Christensen wrote:
 >      Pool Name            ragnar_zroot


>> root@:~ geom part show -p ada0
>> =>     63  117231345    ada0  MBR  (56G)
>>        63       1985          - free - (993K)
>>      2048   29360128  ada0s1  freebsd [active] (14G)
>>   29362176  87869232          - free - (42G)
>>
>> root@:~ geom part show -p ada0s1
>> geom: No such geom: ada0s1
>>
>>
>> The above command works on my FreeBSD 12.2-R system.
> 
> 
> Not for me with 12.2-RELEASE-p7.
> 
> (Works with ada0, but not when a partition thereof is specified.)


Here is my 12.2-R system, which has the same make and model SSD and was 
laid out similarly:

2021-12-15 19:33:27 toor@f3 ~
# freebsd-version ; uname -a
12.2-RELEASE-p11
FreeBSD f3.tracy.holgerdanske.com 12.2-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 
12.2-RELEASE-p7 GENERIC  amd64

2021-12-15 19:33:44 toor@f3 ~
# geom part show -p ada0
=>       63  117231345    ada0  MBR  (56G)
          63       1985          - free -  (993K)
        2048   29360128  ada0s1  freebsd  [active]  (14G)
    29362176   87869232  ada0s2  freebsd  (42G)


2021-12-15 19:33:50 toor@f3 ~
# geom part show -p ada0s1
=>       0  29360128   ada0s1  BSD  (14G)
          0   4194304  ada0s1a  freebsd-zfs  (2.0G)
    4194304   4194304  ada0s1b  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
    8388608  20971520  ada0s1d  freebsd-zfs  (10G)


>> root@:~ # zpool status
>> ZFS filesystem version: 5
>> ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
>> no pools available
>>
>> root@:~ # zpool import
>>    pool: bootpool
> 
> …
> 
> 
> On which device is this pool?


ada0.


David