Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 20:16:03 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting a Toshiba Laptop Message-ID: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <9950211e-3847-46b6-9ea5-3b53a2b9aa30@holgerdanske.com> References: <9950211e-3847-46b6-9ea5-3b53a2b9aa30@holgerdanske.com>
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t thThanks for the information. This is being checked out to see if it can b= e easily fixed for a friend=E2=80=99s grandson to use - games, nothing impor= tant. I don=E2=80=99t have any SSDs lying around and we don=E2=80=99t want t= o spend much on it. It tends to run very hot so I suspect it is not long fo= r 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 lap= top. -- Doug > On Sep 5, 2024, at 19:24, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wr= ote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn 9/5/29:1 is2, Doug Hardie wrote: >> I am checking out a Toshiba Satellite A655 laptop. I have no problems bo= oting a USB memstick for Freebsd 14.1. However, it appears the internal dri= ve has some issues. It writes zeros just fine over the entire disk. It err= ors quickly when writing random data. So the question is if the problem is t= he drive or interface chips. I tried to build an external drive with the me= mstick but it will not boot however I format it. The memstick is GPT with b= oth a MBR boot and UFE boot. I have tried every combination I can think of a= nd none of them work on an external spinner. How should the drive be format= ted to boot? >> -- Doug >=20 >=20 > If it has the original 2.5" SATA HDD from ~2010, the drive could be bad. D= o you have a bootable live USB stick with smartctl(8) to test the internal d= rive? >=20 >=20 > It looks like the internal drive is externally accessible: >=20 > https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Toshiba+Satellite+A665-S5170+Hard+Drive+Repla= cement/74527 >=20 >=20 > I would put in a known good 2.5" SATA SSD, do a short SMART test, and try i= nstalling FreeBSD. >=20 >=20 > David >=20 >=20
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