Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 22:13:40 -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: <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> References: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org>
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I found an old spinner that is SATA laptop type. I had no idea what was on i= t, so I put it into the Satellite. It booted and had Freebsd 9.1. My frien= d will have to find a Windows disk or flash drive to install since Freebsd d= oes not support the Reaktek wireless card in it. -- Doug > On Sep 5, 2024, at 20:16, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFt thThanks for the information. This is being checked out to see= if it can be easily fixed for a friend=E2=80=99s grandson to use - games, n= othing important. I don=E2=80=99t have any SSDs lying around and we don=E2=80= =99t want to spend much on it. It tends to run very hot so I suspect it is n= ot long for this world in any case. I can probably find an old spinner lyin= g around I could try, but how should it be formatted? MBR or GPT? >=20 > I suspect at this time, that it would be cheaper to replace with a cheap l= aptop. >=20 > -- Doug >=20 >>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 19:24, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> w= rote: >>>=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 b= ooting a USB memstick for Freebsd 14.1. However, it appears the internal dr= ive has some issues. It writes zeros just fine over the entire disk. It er= rors quickly when writing random data. So the question is if the problem is= the drive or interface chips. I tried to build an external drive with the m= emstick 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. = Do you have a bootable live USB stick with smartctl(8) to test the internal= drive? >>=20 >>=20 >> It looks like the internal drive is externally accessible: >>=20 >> https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Toshiba+Satellite+A665-S5170+Hard+Drive+Repl= acement/74527 >>=20 >>=20 >> I would put in a known good 2.5" SATA SSD, do a short SMART test, and try= installing FreeBSD. >>=20 >>=20 >> David >>=20 >>=20
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