Boot halts on Thinkpad X220 (Sandy Bridge)

[Johannes Dieterich]

On 05/17/2011 06:31 PM, Daniel Staal wrote:
> 
> (Sorry I can't reply to anyone, I just joined the list.  I saw this
> discussion in the archives and thought I should join in.)
> 
> I've managed to boot a X220i using -CURRENT as of last night.  I got
> some help on -questions to get it done though.  From a blank machine,
> you'll need either a non-USB boot device with FreeBSD media (untested)
> or a USB keyboard.  If you are using a USB keyboard
> 
> set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1
> 
> to install, and use the USB keyboard during installation.  Then on the
> first reboot in the BIOS set 'USB UEFI BIOS' to disabled.  (This means
> you can't boot from a USB device.)
> 
> At that point, the machine will boot fine.  I've tried 8.2-RELEASE, the
> last amd64 -CURRENT I could find on the FreeBSD website, and -CURRENT as
> of 2011-05-16.
> 
> I'm building a couple of ports at the moment, and want to reboot with a
> couple of config changes in the loader to see if I can get the WiFi
> recognized.  As soon as I do that I can post my dmesg someplace.
Thanks a lot for the very valuable hint! :-) Booting the amd64
installation medium works now, I will report after the install whether
the second part also works for me (but I am pretty sure of it).

Thanks a lot again! :-)

Johannes Dieterich