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

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202335

Neel Chauhan <neel at neelc.org> changed:

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             Status|New                         |Closed
         Resolution|---                         |Not A Bug

--- Comment #2 from Neel Chauhan <neel at neelc.org> ---
I figured out why FreeBSD wasn't booting (I figured this out a few months ago):
FreeBSD changed their installation media to GPT format. The problem is probably
that HP's and Asus' BIOS/UEFI don't boot from GPT disks in BIOS mode, but
Dell's UEFI does.

On the HP, I can use a USB floppy disk loaded with PLoP Boot Manager, and the
plug in my FreeBSD USB stick in after PLoP booted, and then select the USB
device.

On the Asus, I can boot in UEFI mode successfully.

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