Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 22:38:04 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting a Toshiba Laptop Message-ID: <9f4b14c3-1933-4eca-a3cb-2d90c402c33f@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org> References: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org>
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>>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 19:24, David Christensen wrote: >>>> On 9/5/29:1 is2, Doug Hardie wrote: >>>> I am checking out a Toshiba >>>> Satellite A655 laptop. I have no problems booting a USB >>>> memstick for Freebsd 14.1. However, it appears the internal >>>> drive has some issues. It writes zeros just fine over the >>>> entire disk. It errors 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 memstick but it >>>> will not boot however I format it. The memstick is GPT with >>>> both a MBR boot and UFE boot. I have tried every combination I >>>> can think of and none of them work on an external spinner. How >>>> should the drive be formatted to boot? >>> >>> 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? >>> >>> It looks like the internal drive is externally accessible: >>> >>> https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Toshiba+Satellite+A665-S5170+Hard+Drive+Replacement/74527 >>> >>> I would put in a known good 2.5" SATA SSD, do a short SMART >>> test, and try installing FreeBSD. > On Sep 5, 2024, at 20:16, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: >> t thThanks for the information. This is being checked out to see >> if it can be easily fixed for a friend’s grandson to use - games, >> nothing important. I don’t have any SSDs lying around and we don’t >> want to spend much on it. It tends to run very hot so I suspect it >> is not long for this world in any case. I can probably find an old >> spinner lying around I could try, but how should it be formatted? >> MBR or GPT? >> >> I suspect at this time, that it would be cheaper to replace with a >> cheap laptop. >> >> -- Doug On 9/5/24 22:13, Doug Hardie wrote: > I found an old spinner that is SATA laptop type. I had no idea what > was on it, so I put it into the Satellite. It booted and had Freebsd > 9.1. My friend will have to find a Windows disk or flash drive to > install since Freebsd does not support the Reaktek wireless card in > it. > > -- Doug Perhaps there is a Linux distribution supports that Wi-Fi card. I use Debian and have installed contrib and/or non-free packages for the Wi-Fi cards in my laptops: firmware-iwlwifi firmware-misc-nonfree David
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