Fwd: 12.2-RELEASE installer doesn't detect any disks on Dell UEFI PC

Karl L. Dunn kldunn at hiwaay.net
Thu Jan 28 22:32:10 UTC 2021


12.2-RELEASE installer doesn't detect any disks on Dell UEFI PC:

I have a new Dell XPS 8940 system: 256GB SSD, and 1TB HD drives.

I made a USB memstick from this:

FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img.xz

and that will boot up just fine.  However: it can't see any disks on the
Dell system, except for itself (ada0), so I cannot install.  I have
disabled Secure Boot on the Dell's UEFI boot setup (without that the USB
memstick would not boot properly).

I had shrunk the Windows C: on the SSD, and the empty D: drive, so Windows
now looks like this (Win10 makes this very wide, so each output is in two
parts):

   PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Disk

   Number Friendly Name Serial Number HealthStatus

   ------ ------------- ------------- ------------
   1      PM991 NVMe... 3530_4130_4EB3_6021_0025_3846... Healthy
   0      WDC WD10EZ...      WD-WCC6Y5CTADLR             Healthy

     OperationalStatus      Total Size Partition
                                       Style
     -----------------      ---------- ----------
     Online                  238.47 GB GPT
     Online                  931.51 GB GPT

   PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Volume

   DriveLetter FriendlyName   FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus
   ----------- ------------   -------------- --------- ------------
               FreeBSD Data   NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
               Image          NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
               DELLSUPPORT    NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
   E                          Unknown        CD-ROM    Healthy
               WINRETOOLS     NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
               FreeBSD System NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
   C           OS             NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
   D           DATA           NTFS           Fixed     Healthy
               ESP            FAT32          Fixed     Healthy

     OperationalStatus SizeRemaining      Size
     ----------------- -------------      ----
     OK                    469.89 GB    470 GB
     OK                    153.16 MB  18.04 GB
     OK                    491.95 MB   1.57 GB
     Unknown                     0 B       0 B
     OK                    310.78 MB    990 MB
     OK                     99.91 GB    100 GB
     OK                     48.57 GB 117.61 GB
     OK                    461.28 GB 461.39 GB
     OK                     81.34 MB    146 MB

Windows Disk Manager shows this in a less confusing image:

   http://home.hiwaay.net/~kldunn/dell_xps_8940_diskmgmt.jpg

My intent is to install FreeBSD to the 100GB NTFS partition labelled

FreeBSD System, allowing for reformatting it to UFS, of course.

The installer does not "see" any of the above.  From either the shell or
the live system, all /dev has for disk is:

   crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x5f Jan 25 11:10 da0
   crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x60 Jan 25 11:10 da0s1
   crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x61 Jan 25 11:10 da0s2
   crw-r-----   1 root  operator  0x64 Jan 25 11:10 da0s2a

Those entries are the memstick.

So, I am stuck.  What do I do to make the SSD and HD partitions show up?

FWIW, here is the dmesg output from the installer shell:

   ---<<BOOT>>---
   Copyright (c) 1992-2020 The FreeBSD Project.
   Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
   FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
   FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE r366954 GENERIC amd64
   FreeBSD clang version 10.0.1 (git at github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git 
llvmorg-10.0.1-0-gef32c611aa2)
   VT(efifb): resolution 800x600
   CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz (2904.18-MHz K8-class CPU)
     Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0xa0655  Family=0x6  Model=0xa5 Stepping=5
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x7ffafbff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
     AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
     AMD Features2=0x121<LAHF,ABM,Prefetch>
     Structured Extended 
Features=0x29c67af<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,NFPUSG,MPX,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE>
     Structured Extended Features2=0x40000008<PKU,SGXLC>
     Structured Extended 
Features3=0xbc000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,L1DFL,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
     XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
     IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0x2b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME>
     VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
     TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
   real memory  = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
   avail memory = 16342581248 (15585 MB)
   Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
   ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   CBX3   >
   FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 16 CPUs
   FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 8 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-119 on motherboard
   Launching APs: 1 2 5 4 11 3 10 15 7 14 6 13 9 8 12
   Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1452089084 Hz quality 1000
   random: entropy device external interface
   kbd1 at kbdmux0
   000.000023 [4336] netmap_init               netmap: loaded module
   [ath_hal] loaded
   module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff81115e40, 0) error 19
   random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
   random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
   nexus0
   efirtc0: <EFI Realtime Clock> on motherboard
   efirtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
   cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard

   acpi0:   atkbdc0: non-PNP ISA device will be removed from GENERIC in 
FreeBSD 12.
   est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
   Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   acpi_tz0: _CRT value is absurd, ignored (-273.1C)
   hdacc0: <NVIDIA (0x0099) HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
   hdaa0: <NVIDIA (0x0099) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
   pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0099) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0
   pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0099) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
   pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0099) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa0
   hdacc1: <Realtek ALC899 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
   hdaa1: <Realtek ALC899 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
   pcm3: <Realtek ALC899 (Analog 5.1+HP)> at nid 20,22,21,27 on hdaa1
   hdacc2: <Intel Kaby Lake HDA CODEC> at cad 2 on hdac1
   hdaa2: <Intel Kaby Lake Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc2
   pcm4: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 3 on hdaa2
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install [ro,noatime]...
   Root mount waiting for: usbus0 usbus1 CAM
   ugen1.1: <0x8086 XHCI root HUB> at usbus1
   ugen0.1: <0x10de XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
   uhub0: <0x8086 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
   uhub1: <0x10de XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
   uhub1: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
   uhub0: 24 ports with 24 removable, self powered
   Root mount waiting for: usbus1
   Root mount waiting for: usbus1
   ugen1.2: <Philips USB Flash Drive> at usbus1
   umass0 on uhub0
   umass0: <Philips USB Flash Drive, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> 
on usbus1
   umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x8100
   umass0:0:0: Attached to scbus0
   da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
   da0: <Philips USB Flash Drive PMAP> Removable Direct Access SPC-2 
SCSI device
   da0: Serial Number 070A8B8097727547
   da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
   da0: 14808MB (30326784 512 byte sectors)
   da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
   Root mount waiting for: usbus1
   ugen1.3: <vendor 0x413c Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard> at usbus1
   ukbd0 on uhub0
   ukbd0: <vendor 0x413c Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 
1.10/1.08, addr 2> on usbus1
   kbd2 at ukbd0
   Root mount waiting for: usbus1
   ugen1.4: <PixArt Dell MS116 USB Optical Mouse> at usbus1
   ugen1.5: <Generic USB2.0-CRW> at usbus1
   Root mount waiting for: usbus1
   ugen1.6: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0026> at usbus1
   mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install...
   random: unblocking device.
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache

   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
   arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache

   lo0: link state changed to UP

   uhid0 on uhub0
   uhid0: <vendor 0x413c Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 
1.10/1.08, addr 2> on usbus1
   ums0 on uhub0
   ums0: <PixArt Dell MS116 USB Optical Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, 
addr 3> on usbus1
   ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0
----------------------------------------------------------------

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Karl L. Dunn
kldunn at hiwaay.net



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