(mostly copied from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/58148/

Hello LinuxQuestions

I am having problems booting FreeBSD 11.0 from USB after writing the install image to a USB drive, and I have had the same issue when trying the UEFI-memstick image of FreeBSD 10.3. I used the command from the FreeBSD install guide with the filename changed to reflect the new version.

When booting from the USB drive, I see the boot screen appear as normal until I press 1 to boot into multi-user mode. Following this, the top (roughly) 5/6 of the screen turns into a jumbled mess of lines (which is presumably the system loading) turning mostly blue after some seconds, although it will still show horizontal lines all over the screen and nothing remotely legible. The bottom of the screen does not change at all, still showing a section of the bootloader.


The laptop I am using is an HP Pavilion g6 with UEFI, secure boot disabled and the following graphics setup:

I have also had issues getting this laptop to boot with later versions of the Linux kernel with Arch (starting at around version 4.7.1) and I've been relying on Arch's LTS kernel (4.4.x) since. I don't know how relevant this is but it seemed worth pointing out.

Best regards,
UltrasonicMadness

Not much clue, your hardware isn't listed here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#AM...adeon_Graphics

At the loader prompt, try:

This should force text mode (in case VT is the problem - not sure...)

I tried, it didn't change anything. My graphics hardware doesn't seem to be on a lot of lists.