FreeBSD 14 not installing

[Sergio Arana]

Hello everyone, I've been trying to install FreeBSD 14 on my two laptops, Dell and Lenovo. Every time I boot onto the first screen, I get as far as selecting option 1 then the system reboots. It happens on both. What can be wrong......

 

[yuripv79]

Which media? Which image file was used?

 

[rmomota]

2 completely different laptops same behaviour?
Seems to me that something is wrong with your FreeBSD copy or you're using the wrong CPU architecture image.
Confirm the image is correct and also try to run a checksum on it.

Index of /releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/

 

[Sergio Arana]

2 completely different laptops same behaviour?
Seems to me that something is wrong with your FreeBSD copy or you're using the wrong CPU architecture image.
Confirm the image is correct and also try to run a checksum on it.

I've downloaded it from this page using the http option. The one I downloaded it was the DVD1 copy of it.

 

[nxjoseph]

Are you using ventoy?

Solved - Can't boot to installer in 14.0-RELEASE iso

Hi. My USB has Ventoy installed and when I try booting FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso image, I go with default options from loader but it reboots the system. How to troubleshoot this? I can't even read logs, I see messages like 1 second then it reboots. I verified checksum of the image...

forums.freebsd.org

 

[Sergio Arana]

Are you using ventoy?

Yes, I am using Ventoy. I've downloaded the amd64 DVD image. I have other OSs on the same USB stick and they work fine.

 

[nxjoseph]

I had same result too. 14.0-R doesnt boot with ventoy. You have to write the iso again with another method, e.g. dd.
In the example, it uses memstick.img.

Chapter 2. Installing FreeBSD

Guide about how to install FreeBSD, the minimum hardware requirements and supported architectures, how to create the installation media, etc

docs.freebsd.org

 

[balanga]

I had same result too. 14.0-R doesnt boot with ventoy.

Is there some way to incorporate this into the ISO?

Ventoy/Unix/ventoy_unix/FreeBSD/geom_ventoy_ko/14.x/64 at master · ventoy/Ventoy

A new bootable USB solution. Contribute to ventoy/Ventoy development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Sergio Arana]

Which media? Which image file was used?

Hi guys, the problem install FreeBSD 14.0 was with Ventoy. I burn the amd64 ISO image to another USB stick and it works fine. Thank you so much to all of you for you great help.

 

[Sergio Arana]

2 completely different laptops same behaviour?
Seems to me that something is wrong with your FreeBSD copy or you're using the wrong CPU architecture image.
Confirm the image is correct and also try to run a checksum on it.

Index of /releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/

Hi guys, the rebooting problem installing FreeBSD 14.0 was with Ventoy. I burn the amd64 ISO image to another USB stick by itself and it works fine on both laptops. Thank you so much to all of you for you great help.

 

[Perceval]

Thanks for feedback, I use Ventoy too but I didn't notice the problem with Ventoy and the version I used for me - 13.1.
Problem with v14 only then ?

 

[Sergio Arana]

Yes, same deal over here. I installed FreeBSD 13.2 using Ventoy and no problem at all. It's only with FreeBSD 14

 

[astyle]

If FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE doesn't play well with Ventoy, would it play well with other tools, like:

• YUMI
• WinSetupFromUSB
• Rufus (This tutorial points out that Rufus does, indeed, come with an option to create multiboot USB sticks)
• MultiBootUSB

• FreeBSD Ports Search

  ports.freebsd.org

?

Kinda curious here

 

[yuripv79]

If FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE doesn't play well with Ventoy

I think it's the other way around, ventoy doesn't play well with 14.0-RELEASE and needs to be updated, at least that's what https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275326#c6 tells me.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Yes, I am using Ventoy.

Can i run ventoy in FreeBSD?

Can I run it? Will it be in packages?

forums.freebsd.org

 

[astyle]

Wow, you'd think that the bits surrounding the file boundaries on the disk are standard stuff that any old software should be able to read into RAM correctly... especially .iso files. Seems like .iso files are not exactly ISO-compliant...

ISO Disk Image File Format

Format Description for ISO_image -- File containing the content from (or destined for) an optical disk. The ISO Disk Image File Format (or simply ISO image) is used for data structured following ISO 9660 (1988) or the later Universal Disk Format (UDF) specification developed and maintained by...

www.loc.gov

The term ISO Disk Image File Format is used to name a range of variants that are not governed by a single comprehensive specification

 

[rmomota]

Ventoy? Rufus? What else?
Humans are like that, when we try to assemble a new device first we try it ourselves and then when everything looks like a mess or it's all assembled but there are still some parts left we don't know where it belongs.
And what about the rule of "read the manual"

FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE Announcement

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

www.freebsd.org

 

[smithi]

I think it's the other way around, ventoy doesn't play well with 14.0-RELEASE and needs to be updated, at least that's what https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275326#c6 tells me.

Yes, and follow the list thread index in freebsd-current@, starting from this post.
(From people who know what they are talking about.)