Bootloader fails in RC-1

[hcd42]

Used dd to write verified image Trident-RC1-x64-20181008.iso to usb stick
boot fails with this error:

BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
consoles: internal video/keyboard
Bios drive c: is disk0
Bios drive d: is disk1
Bios drive e: is disk2
Bios drive f: is disk3
Bios 637kB/3406528kB available memory

FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader revision 1.1
read 272 from 128 to 0xcbfd3550 error 0x20
read 258 from 2 to 0xcbfc3950 error 0x20
read 260 from 64 to 0xcbfcb550 error 0x20
read 1 from 64 to 0xcbfcb550 error 0x20
read 1 from 1 to 0xcbfc3750 error 0x20
panic: free: guard1 fail@0xcc3db650 from unknown:0

TrueOS 1806 fails with same error.
FreeBSD12-alpha9 boots with out issues.
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General information

boot environment now (N) … RC-1test NR 2018-10-11
after restart (R) … RC-1test NR 2018-10-11
boot loader …………………………………… BSD
type ……………………… BIOS
CPU ………………………………………………………… AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1075T Processor
number of cores ……………… 6
host ……………………………………………………… dita
memory ………………………………………………… 8960 MB available, 5924 MB free
OS git branch ……………………………………………………………………………………… trueos-stable-18.03
OS git revision ………………………………………………………………………………… fa797a5a3
OS kernel build time ………………………………………………………… Mon 2018 Mar 26 00:24:47 UTC
OS kernel identity …………………………………………… (uname -i) GENERIC
OS platform (architecture) ……………………… (uname -m) amd64
OS release level ………………………………………………… (uname -r) 12.0-CURRENT
OS version and patch level …… (freebsd-version) 12.0-CURRENT
TrueOS package set ………………… STABLE
TrueOS version …………………………… TrueOS-Desktop-201803131015
uptime ………………………………………………… 45 mins
user …………………………………………………… hcd
More (TrueOS Desktop):
desktop environment …… Lumina
sound card driver ………… pcm4: <Realtek ALC892 (Analog 5.1/2.0)> (play/rec) default
wireless driver ………………
X11 drivers ………………………… nvidia_drv.so

Graphics card GTX 460
Motherboard ECS A890GXM-A

[odiin2016]

I've also had a similar issue with the boot loader, as I have lamented over much in the telegram channel. For me, however, I get the bootloader to load, but then it is unable to work out which bios disk it needs to load to continue and fails with a number of errors, which I will add here when I find them in the log, but it basically looks like either the bootloader panics, or really just can't find the location to pull the data from. the laptop is pulling as bios, and in vritualbox, where it boots just fine from the iso, is in bios mode, or at least I am not anually setting efi boot, and thi has booted for me in the past. Of note. I tried booting other iso's that are BSD: FreeBSD 12-Current of various alphas, Ghost BSD Production latest (FreeBSD 11.2, I believe), Trident B3, and RC1, as well as the last release fo TrueOS desktop, and the current release of TrueOS Server. I was able to boot just fine off the FreeBSd 12-Current ISO, as well as the GhostBSD 11's, but not GhostBSD beta, trueos desktop, or server, nor trident b3 or rc1. This would all make a lot more sense if the FreeBSD 12 iso did not boot, but this is not the case.

[RodMyers]

have you attempted to use RC3?

[hcd42]

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:01:50 -0800 Rod opined:

have you attempted to use RC3?

Yes. Booted ok. No mouse support and unable to 'tab' to "go to terminal" button so dropped to console and started moused service and restarted installer. Result: Different cursor but still no mouse support. Dropped to console again and rebooted.

[RodMyers]

Still an issue?

[hcd42]

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:03:42 -0800 Rod opined:

Still an issue?

Sorry busy with work. Will try this weekend.

[hcd42]

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:03:42 -0800 Rod opined:

Still an issue?

Trident-18.11-PRERELEASE_2-x64-20181130.iso boots fine and installer seems to work as expected but haven't been able to boot into new BE. I suspect it has something to do with grub being the bootloader on this system. First it wouldn't show the new BE- that was easily solved- but now it appears to be unable to mount root. I won't have time to look into it for a few days but figured I'd give you an update.

…

-- harv

[hcd42]

Still trying to get Trident-18.11-PRERELEASE_2-x64-20181130.iso to work.
Boot fails with error message: unknown file system.
So far unable to manually mount root or find work around.

Also, cannot roll back to previous BE.
Boot looks good til init kicks in then lots of file missing/can't find shared object errors.

Will try latest iso and if that fails will try fresh install.

[hcd42]

Successfully booted fresh install with Trident-18.12-PRERELEASE-x64-20181208.iso