Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 10:30:06 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot installer Message-ID: <B6418183D9DE19390ADE4BF9@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <4DCF439A.6080604@cyb.fr> References: <4DCF439A.6080604@cyb.fr>
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--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. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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