Call for Testing: 12.0-CURRENT amd64 memstick installer boot-testing wanted

[Tomoaki AOKI]

Hi.

Booted as expected on ThinkPad T420.
Fixed with descrete (nvidia) GPU, CPU internal GPU is disabled.
Both UEFI and Legacy (CSM) boot are enabled.

 UEFI first  : Boot on UEFI mode. [Confirmed efifb is used.]
 Legecy first: Boot on CSM mode.  [Confirmed vt(vga) is used.]

UEFI boot is much faster than legacy (CSM) boot.

Is firmware version needed?


On Wed, 30 May 2018 15:50:39 +0000
Glen Barber <gjb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Could folks please help boot-test the most recent 12.0-CURRENT amd64
> memstick images on various hardware?  Note, this is not a request to
> install 12.0-CURRENT, only a boot-test with various system knobs
> tweaked.
> 
> The most recent images are available at:
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-mini-memstick.img
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20180529-r334337-memstick.img
> 
> We are interested in testing both UEFI and CSM/BIOS/legacy mode, as we
> would like to get this included in the upcoming 11.2-RELEASE if the
> change that had been committed addresses several boot issues reported
> recently.
> 
> Please help test, and report back (both successes and failures).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Glen
> 


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Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon at dec.sakura.ne.jp>