From nobody Fri Sep 06 05:38:04 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 4X0Q4Q3qgMz5W08S for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:38:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (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 4X0Q4N5G3lz41vF for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 05:38:12 +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=Se3zUkh6; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b 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=1725601084; bh=VSD53rj+ZtHggQi9Y8WgxNvTxCvZ60HlE4/31oT97EA=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject:To: References:Content-Language:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Se3zUkh6xhsLW1M+3aUeI0uxE5MvOwmLc9oLdnoT0bJxC6Dn1fY29GjinHd6NJIav b3leHPRxOyHAG7sv3f4Y5CLYmHC3sWS0yfhOe/WAsAxhZqNzf1mIJzyGWps5OFV/TG Vwwcr27Ec6FYQQbxM5Bbl/Tm27zNd/h1VxIvrnrPTk76sThbCF5tyI/mLWAT7qMd+D PYhCbvf73IEDFVOJ7l1eSD/UntczCd6aT3vPt2OHp1fIfRger9p6FbgiYJxyPposDe LOhuiubJuUammtxYwRitGdczWNe1aJ0elisVCI8r5QyPwoq7vWRjocn+pBJ7M1fE49 LX4nR6z1OvXdnrcEpJ+m5lIEOQNdLGQfWZq4prxTrlIVnqUTy+RavE15f17tf330/K YIepOcPuDgLKUkmrbVG3qJVDCmnEItOp8vF5otXy2g70HworucW5w/H8u9FX0FLrUn IgJAYwTEew7JOYsNkkN+xD31b0EI2qkCwwEdWKx0USpUbAKSxnrWEW+39Q7hbylPrG 2YXgFRO/7sM44lGUVU9FM6q5CI4XR7ggIlc5EEnI4jUiu5PPSncmMgz2ZVOgOOqGe0 BBN3ZMJmKSoRK+OPW3+YqHRlOU75b5y/hykzTAw5Ww5dsOWDDhKRAR2Eet2LWwcb0g XNc99xbAnLN73hmQCH4h7Dxs= 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 22:38:04 -0700 Message-ID: <9f4b14c3-1933-4eca-a3cb-2d90c402c33f@holgerdanske.com> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 22:38:04 -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: <049E1CE8-2E47-4513-A794-7D370808F4CC@lafn.org> <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org> Content-Language: en-US From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: <85FBD28E-2A8E-45FD-B392-A53B8CA66F48@lafn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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)[-0.999]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:november.he.net]; 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:2001:470::/32, 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: 4X0Q4N5G3lz41vF >>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 19:24, David Christensen wrote: >>>> On 9/5/29:1 is2, 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? >>> >>> 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. > On Sep 5, 2024, at 20:16, Doug Hardie wrote: >> t thThanks for the information. This is being checked out to see >> if it can be easily fixed for a friend’s grandson to use - games, >> nothing important. I don’t have any SSDs lying around and we don’t >> want to spend much on it. It tends to run very hot so I suspect it >> is not long for 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 laptop. >> >> -- Doug On 9/5/24 22:13, Doug Hardie wrote: > I found an old spinner that is SATA laptop type. I had no idea what > was on it, so I put it into the Satellite. It booted and had Freebsd > 9.1. My friend will have to find a Windows disk or flash drive to > install since Freebsd does not support the Reaktek wireless card in > it. > > -- Doug Perhaps there is a Linux distribution supports that Wi-Fi card. I use Debian and have installed contrib and/or non-free packages for the Wi-Fi cards in my laptops: firmware-iwlwifi firmware-misc-nonfree David