> Hello, > > Today I tried to do a fresh install of openbsd 7.1. (from usb pendrive). I > tried to do a very basic install (accepting the default - without network > - with sets from disk) and when getting to the root disk question I used > (W)hole disk MBR. Everything went through smoothly, however when rebooting > the system the initial boot sequence goes into an endless loop > (manufacture logo appearing again and again) - also cannot enter bios > setup anymore. Had to remove the ssd, connect via usb and dd with zero the > first mb. Tried several things i.e. changing bios options, upgrading bios > to latest version, using uefi etc nothing worked. Always same endless boot > loop. > > After some time I found a work around by installing from the 7.0 > installation image and then upgrading to 7.1. Everything works now. > > Does anyone know why this might be happening? It would seem that changes > to fdisk did change the MBR (or how it is written) which at least on my > machine - old dell e7240 - is preventing it from booting. > > Any help is highly appreciated. > > Thanks, Michael > > P. S. Not sure if this is a bug and if it should be reported. >
Hello I had a similar situation with an old Dell: The installation of 7.1 went correctly, but when i did a reboot; the machine said that there were not a disk! Then i tried to install 7.0 and the installer gave me a > point! in the section available disk. Is there a form to reestablish the MBR using the installer? PD: Testing i deleted the loop partition with Gparted, and added different new mbr. Nothing changed. Thanks OpenBSD team I feel happy using 7.1 on 3 vms. Curiosity question: 2 of my vms show UTC with # date, and 1 shows the local time; during the installation, i marked local time Canada/Pacifi; in all of them, which i can see with: # date -z Canada/Pacific. Thanks.
