From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 14:30:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120FF1065673 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35138FC19 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F068465F for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 10:30:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 10:30:06 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4DCF439A.6080604@cyb.fr> References: <4DCF439A.6080604@cyb.fr> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Unable to boot installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:17 -0000 --As of May 15, 2011 5:08:10 AM +0200, Cybil Courraud is alleged to have said: > I met the same problem with my x220 which is not resolved but you can > follow this workaround: > > 1 - Plug an external USB keyboard > 2 - boot with a memstick with 8.2 > 3 - In the loader: > set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1 > boot > 4 - Follow install via network or other > 5 - Setup BIOS: Config > USB UEFI BIOS > disabled > 6 - reboot Thanks, that got me going. Any idea if this is fixed in -CURRENT? (I may try it anyway.) > You could try with a CD, directly without UEFI, it may work as is (I > didn't burn it for the exercise). That would be a problem unless you have a dock; turning off the USB UEFI BIOS makes it unable to boot from any USB device. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------