Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:20:08 +0200 From: Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com> To: Fernando =?iso-8859-1?Q?Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installting FreeBSD on and old Thinkpad X31 Message-ID: <YIvn6Lzho1WFj0Ci@tiny.0xfce3.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGwOe2aC-DAnCK2Th1i3KQE-nH8egr5ih3DPcgwX1L4oerw9Cw@mail.gmail.com> References: <YIvZO0BpAf/4ykG/@lion.0xfce3.net> <CAGwOe2aC-DAnCK2Th1i3KQE-nH8egr5ih3DPcgwX1L4oerw9Cw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 12:19:39PM +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 12:17 PM Gordon Bergling <gbe@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently got and old Thinkpad X31 on which I would like to install
> > FreeBSD on it. I tried to boot 13.0-RELEASE and 12.2-RELEASE, but the
> > boot stops with "Root mount waiting for: usbus0 usbus1 usbus2 usbus3 cbb0 cbb1 CAM"
> >
> > I tried to boot without ACPI and in SAFE mode, but had no luck with these options.
> >
> > Has anyone a hint, how to install and properly boot FreeBSD on this old laptop?
>
> Super long shot, but try:
>
> hw.usb.no_boot_wait=1
> and
> kern.cam.boot_delay=MILLISECONDS
>
> and see if that helps.
I tried both variables but the boot still hangs with aboth mentioned error message
minus the usbus{0,1,2,3} part. I would think it is something related to the cardbus
stuff from cbb0 and cbb1.
I'll take a look at the man pages if this cardbus stuff can be somehow disabled.
--Gordon
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