From nobody Sat Feb 18 10:43:54 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PJlfX0Pknz3s2dn for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 10:44:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johannes-maria@t-online.de) Received: from mailout02.t-online.de (mailout02.t-online.de [194.25.134.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mailout00.t-online.de", Issuer "Telekom Security ServerID OV Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PJlfV71DBz4VdD; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 10:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johannes-maria@t-online.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of johannes-maria@t-online.de has no SPF policy when checking 194.25.134.17) smtp.mailfrom=johannes-maria@t-online.de; dmarc=none Received: from fwd70.dcpf.telekom.de (fwd70.aul.t-online.de [10.223.144.96]) by mailout02.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 98AAD331B; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:43:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from t-online.de ([194.140.112.200]) by fwd70.t-online.de with (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1pTKh8-1jrZQW0; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:43:55 +0100 Received: by t-online.de (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) johannes-maria@t-online.de; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:43:54 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:43:54 +0100 From: Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach To: questions@freebsd.org, Ralf Mardorf , Graham Perrin Subject: Re: Unable to boot from internal hard disks on new PC -- Solved Message-ID: <20230218104354.GA7524@localhost.org> References: <20221227140807.GE11926@localhost.org> <5f3b33a4dc7f71cbcfe04e919cc7502cb6bca59a.camel@riseup.net> <20221227160752.GF11926@localhost.org> <5c6033d260d2b26462e7b36fcd12c49f73a98bf0.camel@riseup.net> <20221228102621.GA4946@localhost.org> <20221228115257.GE4946@localhost.org> <20221229094838.GA2343@localhost.org> <20221230151239.GA14233@localhost.org> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <20221230151239.GA14233@localhost.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 150726::1676717035-167FD778-FD065B0A/0/0 CLEAN NORMAL X-TOI-MSGID: 43b89d8e-b536-4cf4-aaa4-f49f1d2008c3 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.41 / 15.00]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.74)[0.740]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(-0.10)[194.25.134.17:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[194.25.134.17:from]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.03)[-0.031]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:3320, ipnet:194.25.0.0/16, country:DE]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[t-online.de]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[t-online.de]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[t-online.de]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PJlfV71DBz4VdD X-Spamd-Bar: / X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Hello, it's a (very) long time but it was eventually solved and since last Thursday (16 Feb) I can boot from the hard disks. Some information for those who remember or are interested: It was nothing wront with my formatting the hard disks of the new PC or the installing of FreeBSD. First I tried (almost) every combination of choices in Bios but without success. After several emails to and from the supplier which didn't solve the problem I sent the PC back. They made some checks and returned it with an 'everything is OK'. They've also reformatted all four disks with only one partition of which 'gpart show' says it's 'ms-basic-data' (whatever that is); no EFI partition. They've probably not understood my problem. So again emails and telephone conversations. They suggested to enable CSM support in Bios; but when I tried the screen went black and I had to reset Bios and disable CSM. Then the support told me that since two or three years Intel tries to force to disable CSM so they disconnect the HDMI output on the motherboard so I should use a graphics card (I didn't have one and usually don't need a graphics card). With a graphics card I could enable CSM without blanking the screen -- but the disks were still not bootable (they didn't show up in Bios at all). Besides the internal hard disks there's an option for removable disks (ICY Dock; at present still empty) so the four SATA connections on the motherboard aren't enough and there's an additional SATA controller card. Of course I assumed that the ICY Dock is connected to the controller card and the disks directly to the motherboard. But that was not the case! (It was not obvious to see; the cables for both were strongly twisted in one large bundle.) After connecting the hard disks directly to the motherboard (and again searching for the correct Bios configuration) I could boot =66rom the disks. Thanks and best regards, Johannes-Maria =20