From nobody Fri Sep 06 03:16:03 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 4X0Lwb3Hqlz5VPB6 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:16:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [47.181.130.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4X0Lwb14R2z4xg0 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 03:16:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [10.0.1.19]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4X0LwY74CWz2fjW1; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Doug Hardie 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 (1.0) Subject: Re: Booting a Toshiba Laptop Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 20:16:03 -0700 Message-Id: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> References: <9950211e-3847-46b6-9ea5-3b53a2b9aa30@holgerdanske.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9950211e-3847-46b6-9ea5-3b53a2b9aa30@holgerdanske.com> To: David Christensen X-Mailer: iPad Mail (21G93) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 1.3.1 at mail X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5650, ipnet:47.181.128.0/18, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4X0Lwb14R2z4xg0 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 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