Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 16:30:00 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Mini PC does not like FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vx06=U-MgM%2Beb3YXZcwSoAC_GxeP-rryPOxfGdyfNJNw@mail.gmail.com>
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--00000000000091ba2605fca11eb2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" First, can anyone recommend a small, inexpensive mini-PC that will work with FreeBSD? I do need one with a VGA monitor connection. (That limits options quite a bit.) My decade-old server, an ASUS mini-PC, died a couple of weeks ago and I bought a Kamrui replacement. Looked good. low-end Alder Lake processor, 16 GB RAM and 512GB SSD. This looked like a great $200 option for me. The SSD is m.2, but not nVME. It has a SATA interface. I started seeing odd corruptions and missing files (like my ld-elf hints file). Decided that the SSD was bad, so returned the unit and got a replacement. It crashed and stopped booting when I was installing a number of packages. I see the following messages: OK boot -s staging 0x5fc00000 (not copying) tramp 0x6e4c60000 PT4 0x6e4bd000 Start @ 0xffffffff803b000 ... EFI framebuffer information: addr, size 0x4000000000, 0x1d4c00 dimensions 800 x 600 stride 800 masks 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000 IS there an issue with this hardware (which has probably never run FreeBSD) or did I just step into a bad batch of SSDs? -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 --00000000000091ba2605fca11eb2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,s= ans-serif;font-size:small">First, can anyone recommend a small, inexpensive= mini-PC that will work with FreeBSD? I do need one with a VGA monitor conn= ection. (That limits options quite a bit.)<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_def= ault" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><di= v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:= small">My decade-old server, an ASUS mini-PC, died a couple of weeks ago an= d I bought a Kamrui replacement. Looked good. low-end Alder Lake processor,= 16 GB RAM and 512GB SSD.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-f= amily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">This looked like a great $200 opti= on for me.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sa= ns-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"f= ont-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">The SSD is m.2, but not nVME.= It has a SATA interface. I started seeing odd corruptions and missing file= s (like my ld-elf hints file). Decided that the SSD was bad, so returned th= e unit and got a replacement. It crashed and stopped booting when I was ins= talling a number of packages. I see the following messages:</div><div class= =3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">= <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser= if;font-size:small">OK boot -s</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"f= ont-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">staging 0x5fc00000 (not copyi= ng) tramp 0x6e4c60000 PT4 0x6e4bd000</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Start @ 0xffffffff803b0= 00 ...</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-s= erif;font-size:small">EFI framebuffer information:</div><div class=3D"gmail= _default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">addr, siz= e=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 0x4000000000, 0x1d4c00</div><div clas= s=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"= >dimensions =C2=A0 =C2=A0 800 x 600 <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">stride=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 800</div><div = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:sm= all">masks=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000</div><div class=3D"gmail= _default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div= ><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-s= ize:small">IS there an issue with this hardware (which has probably never r= un FreeBSD) or did I just step into a bad batch of SSDs?<br clear=3D"all"><= /div><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"l= tr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">= Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer<br>E-mail:= <a href=3D"mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">rkoberman@gmail.c= om</a><br></div><div>PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055= 683</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --00000000000091ba2605fca11eb2--
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