On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Roger Wiklund <roger.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Nick Holland > <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: >> Please keep it on the list... >> >> On 03/10/13 06:38, Roger Wiklund wrote: >> ... >>> AHCI mode enabled and booting from CD: >>> >>> CD-ROM: 94 >>> Loading /5.2/I386/CDBOOT >>> probing: pc0 pci mem[628K 3055M 444K 3M 1024M a20=on] >>> disk: cd0 >>>>> OpenBSD/i386 CDBOOT 3.17 >>> boot> boot hd0a:/bsd >>> booting hd0a:/bsd >>> >>> And then it hangs, I've tried hd0a, hd1a, hd2a etc, same result. >>> Looks like it can only find the cd0. >> >> yep, and that's your problem. the BIOS is only exposing the CD to the >> boot system; your machine is broke. >> ... >> >> As someone suggested, check for firmware upgrades. This system is >> probably incompatible with any non-UEFI OS, I doubt they want that. If >> they do, return to vendor, they don't want your business. >> >> >> Nick. > > Thanks! > > Sorry, forgot to hit reply all. > I've sent a query to IBM regarding the issue. > > I was thinking of a workaround base on the FAQ: > > Kernel: /bsd: This is the goal of the boot process, to have the > OpenBSD kernel loaded into RAM and properly running. Once the kernel > has loaded, OpenBSD accesses the hardware directly, no longer through > the BIOS. > > Is it possible to install the system in AHCI mode, then boot with a > bootable CD that contains the installed kernel, load it and when > OpenBSD then has access to the hardware tell it to mount the disk and > load the rest as usual? > > Regards > Roger
Ah, "boot -a" from the installation cd lets me pick the root device. However it hangs when I'm prompted "root device (default cd0a): Anyone come across this?
