not Evander Sinque1d ago
It seems, FreeBSD can't BIOS-boot boxes with too many drives. Is this a known issue in the FreeBSD bootloader? I kinda have to "hide" drives from the BIOS in order to make FreeBSD boot. Trying to boot with 36 disks looks like this: https://ln.tc/s/20260409-105240_2026-04-09-105233_786x456_scrot.png #FreeBSD #bootloader
Show threaddch  1d ago
@FiLiS I’m guessing there’s a good reason why UEFI can’t be used here? because a drive called ] or ‘ is a recipe for future trouble
Show threadsome quirky girl1d ago

@dch but UEFI doesn't use drive letters, i'd expect that to work fine here.

@FiLiS

Show threaddch  1d ago
@lw yeah that’s what I meant but apparently I can’t communicate in my native language before midday :-(
@FiLiS
Show threadnot Evander Sinque1d ago
@dch @lw yes, UEFI can't be used, for some reason. I think it's also the controller's fault.
Show threadEugene  

@FiLiS @dch @lw There is a SeaBIOS output, not UEFI. I use SeaBIOS on my laptop and see these drive letters every day 

BTW, there should be some rotating symbol (like - \ | / -) in the console from the stage1 loader, but I don't see it. Possibly, SeaBIOS failed to load stage0 loader from MBR?

SeaBIOS doesn't use UEFI, IIRC

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