Well, I installed 7.0 (*not* 7.1) on my desktop (old Haswell mobo) - it rendered computer unstartable (not unbootable). Mobo hung so hard it couldn't even enter the BIOS. I think I was lucky I didn't install it on my PCIe-card NVMe... It would be shitty to need it hot-plugged to a working computer to fix.
I was able to do that as Michael did (unplug, boot other OS, hot-plug, wipe OpenBSD partition, fix UEFI order). And I'm pretty used to fact, that a bootable pendrive with OpenBSD installer (.fs image) renders old HP laptops (ProBooks, EliteBooks from 2-ish gen Cores era) unbootable in the very same way (hard lock, can't enter BIOS). I suppose this behavior might have some common root cause. -- Paweł Kraszewski GPG key: E030 A049 9C33 C1E9 28EA 50C9 821F DA62 0A90 D330 Tel: +48(604)777447 czw., 28 kwi 2022 o 03:37 <latin...@vcn.bc.ca> napisał(a): > > > 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. > > >
