I want to install FreeBSD alongside my Debian, Arch and Kali installs, but I'm having problem creating a bootable USB. I followed the instructions given in the BSD handbook, but my PC doesn't recognise the USB during boot process. I tried
$ chainloader (hd0)/boot/boot1.efi
$ boot
at the grub prompt but it gave an error which says something like 'zfs couldn't find pool;ufs couldn't find slice; can not load loader.efi;'
loader.efi
is also in the (hd0)/boot
directory. Do I need to format the USB drive as USB or ZFS prior to image burning, or do I need to format the partitions on which I'm going to install BSD as UFS or ZFS?
My laptop is an HP-15ac650tu.
These are the two images I used, the result was same both times:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.xz
NOTE: I have read the other threads with similar names, and they do not mention the error I'm getting.
Asked by saga
(1411 rep)
Oct 16, 2016, 07:35 AM
Last activity: Oct 20, 2016, 01:27 PM
Last activity: Oct 20, 2016, 01:27 PM