From nobody Fri Sep 6 05:13:40 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4X0PXJ2QJQz5VwTp for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:13:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [47.181.130.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4X0PXH5g72z3xhF for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 05:13:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bc979@lafn.org designates 47.181.130.121 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bc979@lafn.org Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [10.0.1.19]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4X0PXG1v0mz2fjW1; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:13:50 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Doug Hardie List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Booting a Toshiba Laptop Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 22:13:40 -0700 Message-Id: <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org> References: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> To: David Christensen X-Mailer: iPad Mail (21G93) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 1.3.1 at mail X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.10 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5650, ipnet:47.181.128.0/18, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; APPLE_IOS_MAILER_COMMON(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[lafn.org: no valid DMARC record]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4X0PXH5g72z3xhF I found an old spinner that is SATA laptop type. I had no idea what was on i= t, so I put it into the Satellite. It booted and had Freebsd 9.1. My frien= d will have to find a Windows disk or flash drive to install since Freebsd d= oes not support the Reaktek wireless card in it. -- Doug > On Sep 5, 2024, at 20:16, Doug Hardie wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFt thThanks for the information. This is being checked out to see= if it can be easily fixed for a friend=E2=80=99s grandson to use - games, n= othing important. I don=E2=80=99t have any SSDs lying around and we don=E2=80= =99t want to spend much on it. It tends to run very hot so I suspect it is n= ot long for this world in any case. I can probably find an old spinner lyin= g around I could try, but how should it be formatted? MBR or GPT? >=20 > I suspect at this time, that it would be cheaper to replace with a cheap l= aptop. >=20 > -- Doug >=20 >>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 19:24, David Christensen w= rote: >>>=20 >>> =EF=BB=BFOn 9/5/29:1 is2, Doug Hardie wrote: >>> I am checking out a Toshiba Satellite A655 laptop. I have no problems b= ooting a USB memstick for Freebsd 14.1. However, it appears the internal dr= ive has some issues. It writes zeros just fine over the entire disk. It er= rors quickly when writing random data. So the question is if the problem is= the drive or interface chips. I tried to build an external drive with the m= emstick but it will not boot however I format it. The memstick is GPT with b= oth a MBR boot and UFE boot. I have tried every combination I can think of a= nd none of them work on an external spinner. How should the drive be format= ted to boot? >>> -- Doug >>=20 >>=20 >> If it has the original 2.5" SATA HDD from ~2010, the drive could be bad. = Do you have a bootable live USB stick with smartctl(8) to test the internal= drive? >>=20 >>=20 >> It looks like the internal drive is externally accessible: >>=20 >> https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Toshiba+Satellite+A665-S5170+Hard+Drive+Repl= acement/74527 >>=20 >>=20 >> I would put in a known good 2.5" SATA SSD, do a short SMART test, and try= installing FreeBSD. >>=20 >>=20 >> David >>=20 >>=20