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FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img broken?
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Doug McIntyre
2016-08-02 18:41:42 UTC
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I've tried several times to have systems boot off of
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img

I've been quite successful with 10.0 through 10.2 boot sticks.
I just downloaded FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and did
the same stick, same actions to burn it and boot it, and it worked fine.

I think the official RELEASE of 10.3 amd64 memstick image is broken?

What I get is

Error 1
LBA 1339168 Invalid Format

and then a boot prompt, that fails to boot further.

I seem to have good copies.

tritium:~> shasum -a 512 FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
94f7708ac5b0e744c9dc40f19b45a2f6d0ac87f0ce0e3cd5c084a5d860ac16c3a3e167b04d4354faf9a70ef2836925518f072bc6b03147a1672ffb7790644b5f FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img

which matches the SHA512 of the announcement
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.3R/announce.html

even so, I've tried downloading it from 3 mirrors and got all the same copy.

I've tried multiple systems, multiple sticks and multiple machines to
burn it. For the life of me, I can not make 10.3 RELEASE amd64
memstick boot, but I can for 10.2, 10.1 & 10.0 with no problems on any of
the cobinations of any of the hardware I have.

Does anybody else have problems booting off this memory stick image?
Trond Endrestøl
2016-08-02 18:45:18 UTC
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Post by Doug McIntyre
I've tried several times to have systems boot off of
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
I've been quite successful with 10.0 through 10.2 boot sticks.
I just downloaded FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and did
the same stick, same actions to burn it and boot it, and it worked fine.
I think the official RELEASE of 10.3 amd64 memstick image is broken?
What I get is
Error 1
LBA 1339168 Invalid Format
and then a boot prompt, that fails to boot further.
I seem to have good copies.
tritium:~> shasum -a 512 FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
94f7708ac5b0e744c9dc40f19b45a2f6d0ac87f0ce0e3cd5c084a5d860ac16c3a3e167b04d4354faf9a70ef2836925518f072bc6b03147a1672ffb7790644b5f FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
which matches the SHA512 of the announcement
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.3R/announce.html
even so, I've tried downloading it from 3 mirrors and got all the same copy.
I've tried multiple systems, multiple sticks and multiple machines to
burn it. For the life of me, I can not make 10.3 RELEASE amd64
memstick boot, but I can for 10.2, 10.1 & 10.0 with no problems on any of
the cobinations of any of the hardware I have.
Does anybody else have problems booting off this memory stick image?
You might need correct the primary and secondary GPT's on the memstick
by running:

gpart recover da0 # or da1, etc

It's due to your memstick being larger than the image.
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Trond Endrestøl
2016-08-02 18:48:34 UTC
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Post by Trond Endrestøl
Post by Doug McIntyre
I've tried several times to have systems boot off of
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
I've been quite successful with 10.0 through 10.2 boot sticks.
I just downloaded FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and did
the same stick, same actions to burn it and boot it, and it worked fine.
I think the official RELEASE of 10.3 amd64 memstick image is broken?
What I get is
Error 1
LBA 1339168 Invalid Format
and then a boot prompt, that fails to boot further.
I seem to have good copies.
tritium:~> shasum -a 512 FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
94f7708ac5b0e744c9dc40f19b45a2f6d0ac87f0ce0e3cd5c084a5d860ac16c3a3e167b04d4354faf9a70ef2836925518f072bc6b03147a1672ffb7790644b5f FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
which matches the SHA512 of the announcement
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.3R/announce.html
even so, I've tried downloading it from 3 mirrors and got all the same copy.
I've tried multiple systems, multiple sticks and multiple machines to
burn it. For the life of me, I can not make 10.3 RELEASE amd64
memstick boot, but I can for 10.2, 10.1 & 10.0 with no problems on any of
the cobinations of any of the hardware I have.
Does anybody else have problems booting off this memory stick image?
You might need correct the primary and secondary GPT's on the memstick
gpart recover da0 # or da1, etc
It's due to your memstick being larger than the image.
No, I'm wrong. The advice above applies only to
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img.
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+-------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, |
| Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, |
| IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, |
| Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, |
| tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, |
| sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. |
+-------------------------------+------------------------------------+
Doug McIntyre
2016-08-02 21:42:02 UTC
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Post by Trond Endrestøl
Post by Doug McIntyre
I've tried several times to have systems boot off of
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
...
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Post by Trond Endrestøl
Post by Doug McIntyre
Error 1
LBA 1339168 Invalid Format
and then a boot prompt, that fails to boot further.
You might need correct the primary and secondary GPT's on the memstick
gpart recover da0 # or da1, etc
It's due to your memstick being larger than the image.
No, I'm wrong. The advice above applies only to
FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img.
Yep, doesn't seem to be needed..

tritium:> gpart recover da2
da2 recovering is not needed

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