[Bug 202335] FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE i386 memstick does not boot on HP D530 USDT or ASUS H87M-E, but boots on Dell hardware

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            Bug ID: 202335
           Summary: FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE i386 memstick does not boot on HP
                    D530 USDT or ASUS H87M-E, but boots on Dell hardware
           Product: Base System
           Version: 10.2-STABLE
          Hardware: i386
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: neel at neelc.org

Hi,

I am trying to boot FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE i386 memstick on a HP D530 USDT, and I
am unable to boot FreeBSD 10.2. When I try to boot from the USB, the BIOS skips
it and attempts to boot over the network (there is no OS on my D530's HDD).
10.1-RELEASE i386 boots.

If I try to boot the same USB on a home-built PC with a ASUS H87M-E
motherboard, the BIOS also skips the USB, and goes to the HDD (w/ FreeBSD
10.1-RELEASE).

But If I try to boot the USB on a Dell Inspiron B130, I am able to boot
successfully. If I try more recent Dell hardware (Inspiron 13 7352 w/ UEFI
Secure Boot disabled), I am able to boot from the USB, but the kernel gets
stuck on some ACPI error (only on i386, amd64 will boot, but I am talking about
the issue on the HP D530 USDT).

If I look at the partition table on the FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE i386 memstick
image, I find out that the partitions are now in GPT, and I believe this is
what is causing the issues.

Is there a solution/workaround? Could you please fix this bug?

Thanks,
Neel Chauhan
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https://www.neelc.org/

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