Dear Mestre,

Thank you. I agree!

Sincerely,
Xianwen

On 2/12/18, Ricardo Mestre <ser...@helheim.mooo.com>
<ser...@helheim.mooo.com> wrote:
> Hi Xianwen,
>
> I guess this is one of "you're-on-your-own" cases, the BIOS being locked by
> IT I'm even surprised you're allowed to install a different OS on the
> machine.
>
> For starters I'd speak directly with them and check what are you allowed or
> not to do with the machine.
>
> /mestre
>
> On Monday, 12 February 2018, Xianwen Chen wrote:
>> Dear Mike,
>>
>> From the output of dmesg, I guess so. The BIOS is locked by IT
>> administrators. Is there some way that I can use OpenBSD while the
>> controller is set to RAID mode?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Xianwen
>>
>> On 2/12/18, Mike Larkin <mlar...@azathoth.net> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 05:07:15PM +0000, Xianwen Chen wrote:
>> >> Dear OpenBSD users,
>> >>
>> >> I am not able to run OpenBSD 6.2 amd64 on a Dell Latitude E6330. The
>> >> installation was done by taking out the hard drive and hook it through
>> >> a USB reader to another machine.
>> >>
>> >> I boot the hard drive through Legacy Boot menu. The boot process stops
>> >> with
>> >> root device:
>> >>
>> >> It is possible to boot through bsd.rd. However, the hard drive is not
>> >> recognized there.
>> >>
>> >> Here is the dmesg from bsd.rd:
>> >>
>> >> OpenBSD 6.2 (RAMDISK_CD) #132: Tue Oct  3 21:26:51 MDT 2017
>> >>
>> >> dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
>> >> real mem = 17064423424 (16273MB)
>> >> avail mem = 16543502336 (15777MB)
>> >> mainbus0 at root
>> >> bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xecad0 (98 entries)
>> >> bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "A16" date 01/18/2016
>> >> bios0: Dell Inc. Latitude E6330
>> >> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
>> >> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT TCPA MCFG HPET SSDT SSDT SSDT DMAR
>> >> ASF! SSDT SLIC BGRT
>> >> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
>> >> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
>> >> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz, 2891.03 MHz
>> >> cpu0:
>> >> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS,SENSOR,ARAT
>> >> cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> >> cpu0: TSC frequency 2891029960 Hz
>> >> cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz
>> >> cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.1.2, IBE
>> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured
>> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured
>> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured
>> >> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
>> >> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
>> >> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P1)
>> >> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01)
>> >> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP02)
>> >> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
>> >> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 11 (RP06)
>> >> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
>> >> acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
>> >> acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG0)
>> >> acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
>> >> acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2)
>> >> acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG3)
>> >> acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP03)
>> >> acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus 7 (RP04)
>> >> acpiec0 at acpi0
>> >> acpicpu at acpi0 not configured
>> >> acpitz at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "INT3F0D" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "DLLK0533" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "DLL0533" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0401" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "SMO8810" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "*pnp0c14" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0D" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0C" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0E" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "ACPI0003" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "DELLABCE" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> "PNP0C31" at acpi0 not configured
>> >> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
>> >> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 3G Host" rev 0x09
>> >> vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 4000" rev 0x09
>> >> wsdisplay1 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>> >> xhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 7 Series xHCI" rev 0x04: msi
>> >> usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
>> >> uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev
>> >> 3.00/1.00 addr 1
>> >> "Intel 7 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
>> >> em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel 82579LM" rev 0x04: msi, address
>> >> b8:ca:3a:d8:5f:2e
>> >> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2
>> >> int
>> >> 16
>> >> usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>> >> uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev
>> >> 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> >> "Intel 7 Series HD Audio" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 not
>> >> configured
>> >> ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> >> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>> >> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> >> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>> >> iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" rev
>> >> 0x35: msi, MIMO 3T3R, MoW, address 3c:a9:f4:01:ed:24
>> >> ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> >> pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
>> >> ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> >> pci4 at ppb3 bus 7
>> >> ppb4 at pci0 dev 28 function 5 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> >> pci5 at ppb4 bus 11
>> >> sdhc0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 vendor "O2 Micro", unknown product
>> >> 0x8221 rev 0x05: apic 2 int 17
>> >> sdhc0: SDHC 2.0, 50 MHz base clock
>> >> sdmmc0 at sdhc0: 4-bit, sd high-speed, mmc high-speed, dma
>> >> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2
>> >> int
>> >> 21
>> >> usb2 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
>> >> uhub2 at usb2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev
>> >> 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> >> "Intel QM77 LPC" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 not configured
>> >> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801HBM RAID" rev 0x04: DMA,
>> >> channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI
>> >> pciide0: using apic 2 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt
>> >> "Intel 7 Series SMBus" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 not
>> >> configured
>> >> isa0 at mainbus0
>> >> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
>> >> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>> >> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay1
>> >> uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x8087
>> >> product 0x0024" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> >> "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 3 at uhub3 port 4 not
>> >> configured
>> >> "001BFC3CF4E8-D117-091032 Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_E4HD" rev
>> >> 2.00/28.08 addr 4 at uhub3 port 5 not configured
>> >> uhub4 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x8087
>> >> product 0x0024" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> >> softraid0 at root
>> >> scsibus0 at softraid0: 256 targets
>> >> root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
>> >> umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic Mass
>> >> Storage" rev 2.00/1.06 addr 2
>> >> umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> >> scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> >> sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic, Flash Disk, 8.07> SCSI2
>> >> 0/direct removable
>> >> sd0: 1920MB, 512 bytes/sector, 3932160 sectors
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >> Xianwen
>> >>
>> >
>> > Is your controller set in the BIOS to "RAID" mode instead of "AHCI"
>> > mode?
>>
>>

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