Solved FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Failed to find bootable partition. T14s Gen2 fresh install.

jfrstnc · 2026-01-01T22:50:04+0000

This is the error I get shortly after selecting USB boot source on my Thinkpad T14s Gen2.
I have secure boot disabled.
Image checked with sha, usb device works fine too.

Code:

Ignoring BootOrder: Only one DP found
Failed to find bootable partition
ERROR: cannot open /boot/lua/loader.lua: invalid argument.

If I try to do ls I get

Code:

OK ls
bad path ' '

I have had FreeBSD 13 or 14 installed on this laptop before!

T-Daemon · 2026-01-02T08:05:12+0000

jfrstnc said:
Image checked with sha

Which image exactly, and how was the image copied on the USB device?

Index of /releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/

jfrstnc · 2026-01-02T09:34:30+0000

T-Daemon said:
Which image exactly, and how was the image copied on the USB device?

Index of /releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/

FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img from here: https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/

Code:

dd if=/home/j/Downloads/FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sda1 bs=4M status=progress

jfrstnc · 2026-01-02T09:58:15+0000

Oof I see it now, it should be /dev/sda not /dev/sda1
What a complete waste of cycles :s