Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 02:00:20 +0000 From: Collider <large.hadron.collider@gmx.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mini PC does not like FreeBSD Message-ID: <8805DEF3-1B8F-4DE9-8133-0ADCDA4B4237@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1vx06=U-MgM%2Beb3YXZcwSoAC_GxeP-rryPOxfGdyfNJNw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1vx06=U-MgM%2Beb3YXZcwSoAC_GxeP-rryPOxfGdyfNJNw@mail.gmail.com>
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------QLKTZ3FEYKSTX0G7OZLLEY8440T23N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is the VGA connection needed for some esoteric purpose, or just for connect= ing a monitor? Are you able to tolerate using a doohickey that actively con= verts between DisplayPort or HDMI and VGA? "low-end Alder Lake" - what are you describing as such? Are you able to bo= ot the thing off a jump drive and give some information about it, or otherw= ise reprint the specifications (or at least the exact model) from the box o= r the user manual? Probably try to get a new M=2E2 SATA storage module if you can, and reinst= all to that=2E Le 26 mai 2023 23 h 30 min 00 s UTC, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail=2Ecom>= a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0: >First, can anyone recommend a small, inexpensive mini-PC that will work >with FreeBSD? I do need one with a VGA monitor connection=2E (That limits >options quite a bit=2E) > >My decade-old server, an ASUS mini-PC, died a couple of weeks ago and I >bought a Kamrui replacement=2E Looked good=2E low-end Alder Lake processo= r, 16 >GB RAM and 512GB SSD=2E >This looked like a great $200 option for me=2E > >The SSD is m=2E2, but not nVME=2E It has a SATA interface=2E I started se= eing odd >corruptions and missing files (like my ld-elf hints file)=2E Decided that= the >SSD was bad, so returned the unit and got a replacement=2E It crashed and >stopped booting when I was installing a number of packages=2E I see the >following messages: > >OK boot -s >staging 0x5fc00000 (not copying) tramp 0x6e4c60000 PT4 0x6e4bd000 >Start @ 0xffffffff803b000 =2E=2E=2E >EFI framebuffer information: >addr, size 0x4000000000, 0x1d4c00 >dimensions 800 x 600 >stride 800 >masks 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000 > >IS there an issue with this hardware (which has probably never run FreeBS= D) >or did I just step into a bad batch of SSDs? > >--=20 >Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer >E-mail: rkoberman@gmail=2Ecom >PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E ------QLKTZ3FEYKSTX0G7OZLLEY8440T23N Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">Is the VGA connection needed for= some esoteric purpose, or just for connecting a monitor? Are you able to t= olerate using a doohickey that actively converts between DisplayPort or HDM= I and VGA?<br><br>"low-end Alder Lake" - what are you describing as such? A= re you able to boot the thing off a jump drive and give some information ab= out it, or otherwise reprint the specifications (or at least the exact mode= l) from the box or the user manual?<br><br>Probably try to get a new M=2E2 = SATA storage module if you can, and reinstall to that=2E</div><br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">Le 26 mai 2023 23 h 30 min 00 s UTC= , Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail=2Ecom> a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:</div><blo= ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-= left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,= sans-serif;font-size:small">First, can anyone recommend a small, inexpensiv= e mini-PC that will work with FreeBSD? I do need one with a VGA monitor con= nection=2E (That limits options quite a bit=2E)<br></div><div class=3D"gmai= l_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></di= v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-= size:small">My decade-old server, an ASUS mini-PC, died a couple of weeks a= go and I bought a Kamrui replacement=2E Looked good=2E low-end Alder Lake p= rocessor, 16 GB RAM and 512GB SSD=2E</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">This looked like a grea= t $200 option for me=2E</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fam= ily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defaul= t" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">The SSD is m=2E2= , but not nVME=2E It has a SATA interface=2E I started seeing odd corruptio= ns and missing files (like my ld-elf hints file)=2E Decided that the SSD wa= s bad, so returned the unit and got a replacement=2E It crashed and stopped= booting when I was installing a number of packages=2E I see the following = messages:</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,san= s-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo= nt-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">OK boot -s</div><div class=3D"= gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">stag= ing 0x5fc00000 (not copying) tramp 0x6e4c60000 PT4 0x6e4bd000</div><div cla= ss=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small= ">Start @ 0xffffffff803b000 =2E=2E=2E</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">EFI framebuffer inform= ation:</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-s= erif;font-size:small">addr, size 0x4000= 000000, 0x1d4c00</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif;font-size:small">dimensions 800 x 600 <br></di= v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-= size:small">stride &nb= sp; 800</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:= tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">masks  = ; 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000= 000</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-seri= f;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fam= ily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">IS there an issue with this hardware= (which has probably never run FreeBSD) or did I just step into a bad batch= of SSDs?<br clear=3D"all"></div></div> </blockquote></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D'k9mail-signature'>-- <b= r>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E<= /div></div></body></html> ------QLKTZ3FEYKSTX0G7OZLLEY8440T23N--
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