From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 13:17:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FD4DE8C for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:17:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sh4-5.1blu.de (sh4-5.1blu.de [178.254.11.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 238831299 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ftp51246-2575596 by sh4-5.1blu.de with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WdfYp-00088B-BO for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:48:59 +0200 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:48:59 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on ASUS Transformer T100 convertible tablet? Message-ID: <20140425124859.GA29817@sh4-5.1blu.de> References: <1afmy6anpfrg2vhg3t1tovj9.1398420388596@email.android.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1afmy6anpfrg2vhg3t1tovj9.1398420388596@email.android.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:17:03 -0000 El día Friday, April 25, 2014 a las 12:49:23PM +0200, Alexander.Shendi escribió: > Dear list, > > I have recently acquired an Asus Transformer T100 convertible tablet. I have managed to replace Windows with Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 64bit), but I would prefer a BSD system, as I normally use OpenBSD. > > I do not know the hardware very well: > * 4x Atom Z3740 CPU @ 1.33 GHz. > * Intel Bay Trail SOC. I have seen this device in Asus web side, including a movie, and it looks very nice as a netbook (as a successor for my 6 years old EeePC 900); > I would like to try to install FreeBSD/amd64 on it, but would like to ask a few questions: > * The tablet uses 32bit UEFI firmware and a GPT partition setup. I have disabled secure boot. Can the standard installer deal with this setup or must I boot via GRUB2? > * I can't find a kernel binary to feed to the GRUB2 kfreebsd command, only ISO/memstick images. Where do I find one? > * Is there any point in trying -current? > * I need XHCI (USB3) support for the keyboard in the docking station, but I think that should work in 10.0? > * Any additional comments on how to proceed would be appreciated. > > Thank you in advance for you help. I would start this project with preparing a -CURRENT USB boot key with a complete system on it; if you have not done this in the past, I could help you with this and could send you a complete howto. matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards