On 05/17/2011 06:31 PM, Daniel Staal wrote: > > (Sorry I can't reply to anyone, I just joined the list. I saw this > discussion in the archives and thought I should join in.) > > I've managed to boot a X220i using -CURRENT as of last night. I got > some help on -questions to get it done though. From a blank machine, > you'll need either a non-USB boot device with FreeBSD media (untested) > or a USB keyboard. If you are using a USB keyboard > > set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1 > > to install, and use the USB keyboard during installation. Then on the > first reboot in the BIOS set 'USB UEFI BIOS' to disabled. (This means > you can't boot from a USB device.) > > At that point, the machine will boot fine. I've tried 8.2-RELEASE, the > last amd64 -CURRENT I could find on the FreeBSD website, and -CURRENT as > of 2011-05-16. > > I'm building a couple of ports at the moment, and want to reboot with a > couple of config changes in the loader to see if I can get the WiFi > recognized. As soon as I do that I can post my dmesg someplace. Thanks a lot for the very valuable hint! :-) Booting the amd64 installation medium works now, I will report after the install whether the second part also works for me (but I am pretty sure of it).
Thanks a lot again! :-) Johannes Dieterich _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
