Do you have in your place a usb hub/ adapter with a usb2 or usb-c (32gb min) stick to plug in like an alternative destination disk to try out ?
dan bsd.numode.eu From: Daniel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Apr 18, 2026 17:29:39 Subject: Disk not found during install > Hello! > > I am a freebsd user in my laptop. It's a HP Envy model 13ba1006np. I decided > to try OpenBSD since I am reading several very good things about it. I was > able to install it on a pen drive on this laptop. > > But later when trying to install it in the laptop disk, during the > installation I understood that the system is not seeing the laptop disk (only > the sd0 which is the usb drive with the installation files). > I searched the internet about it and the only thing I found was to go to the > UEFI to check the settings and change the sata mode from raid to AHCI. > Unfortunately the laptop UEFI does not have this option. > > Does any body had this experience and can please share something about it ? > > Thanks a lot. > > daniel >

