Hi Xianwen, if you try with the USB Boot device... you can see if you can load it .
then I suggest you get a compact low profiile USB key so that it doenst snag on your bag when putting the laptop back in the case Tom On 22 February 2018 at 02:11, Xianwen Chen <xianwen.c...@nina.no> wrote: > Dear Steve, > > I agree! Thank you for the advice! > > Yours sincerely, > Xianwen > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:27 PM, STeve Andre' > <and...@msu.edu<mailto:and...@msu.edu>> wrote: > > > On 02/12/18 12:07, 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: > [snip] > > Xianwen, > > Obviously the best thing is for IT to release the BIOS control to you, > but if they won't, get a USB SATA disk interface, and try to use that. > Your IT department might have figured out how to interfere with that too, but > that might be a solution. You'd have to keep that external disk and its > interface with you, but at least you could use OpenBSD. > > --STeve Andre' > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth Mobile: +353 87 6193172 The information contained in this E-mail is intended only for the confidential use of the named recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering it to the recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone at the number above and erase the message You are requested to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment.
