From nobody Fri Sep 06 02:24:11 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4X0Kmq3zfrz5VFQn for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [184.105.128.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4X0Kmp52Mzz4qxk for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 02:24:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=cswOrUmO; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 184.105.128.27 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=holgerdanske.com; s=nov-20210719-112354; t=1725589456; bh=nBIo0xRVvWicYxgAPNLW0UI7JiJ4rb51cx8XgDD1XeE=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject:To: References:Content-Language:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=cswOrUmOhG4eJlv41sOn44oLa7VXSq07ceY17fPzPzAF2yVKy0mzedeVbnaymBJQk iNKHaawquKN8ng3g2XugzlkoM5VRbbyyCYRjzSAOM38EnKQOJNXChty8I5+lyRBGSC B+Gi67DLldAVBL+c8Wp6t/gr6AZqUBUYUhhtgkJ5ieinCVTY088QOs/8uSXRHL6HuV 9aF/RimQ4GIT/aZJYLAd3fqV9eUa0xdOVg73OfKODlEvSoiCt3N/FIrOaCyDItfS4J UgWWOSowyyiq6ois9fMU0ne5rgNi3UQTi6ZuufbLfrWaQCJv/kkooT2F9p2EVK8DFz aHs4lcG8mYHpodrXOBefZ5PGEkf39zeDrkZkGoV0zlI3hTcViUFdi94gjfjxhih2YP PRs9e/4iDjibZ98Idiq3rL0B7n8dzhmKnmyjgXsSWWPTzinNRRZqG6Pi+D6JY+TYvo /Pi9bdKuxPsGpEx4FLiFLLfBURE3xvIXkQKTJZ+hdkC2akVTlqnMG4gQP2PahWjy67 TDyDP/Yr7S38+J9sJDUQSniHjTBYNd9qI+AgpnpPZO6LReBhr0OSPJaPv+MewxtesT ZXSDEKX5k/UiTA63dxhkgPWRKxSUG1axkwYu0zN1DIw2fw1pd8yzW/A4je4PM5FcnL lpVqWmkmk85yG0kjmqjewleI= Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 19:24:16 -0700 Message-ID: <9950211e-3847-46b6-9ea5-3b53a2b9aa30@holgerdanske.com> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 19:24:11 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Booting a Toshiba Laptop To: questions@freebsd.org References: Content-Language: en-US From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.89 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[holgerdanske.com:s=nov-20210719-112354]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:184.104.0.0/15, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[holgerdanske.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4X0Kmp52Mzz4qxk On 9/5/24 19:12, Doug Hardie wrote: > I am checking out a Toshiba Satellite A655 laptop. I have no problems booting a USB memstick for Freebsd 14.1. However, it appears the internal drive has some issues. It writes zeros just fine over the entire disk. It errors 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 memstick but it will not boot however I format it. The memstick is GPT with both a MBR boot and UFE boot. I have tried every combination I can think of and none of them work on an external spinner. How should the drive be formatted to boot? > > -- Doug 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? It looks like the internal drive is externally accessible: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Toshiba+Satellite+A665-S5170+Hard+Drive+Replacement/74527 I would put in a known good 2.5" SATA SSD, do a short SMART test, and try installing FreeBSD. David