From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jul 13 18:34:10 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CAB36D507 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:34:10 +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 (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B5C3P40JLz4M1n for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 ([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 ; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:33:58 -0700 Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 12.1 on Librem laptop To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen Message-ID: <90d59a0b-4399-ccd7-5c6e-af6463ba43ad@holgerdanske.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:33:50 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B5C3P40JLz4M1n X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com has no SPF policy when checking 184.105.128.27) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.90 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.32)[0.317]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.86)[0.856]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[holgerdanske.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.82)[0.824]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[184.105.128.27:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:184.104.0.0/15, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:34:10 -0000 On 2020-07-13 10:04, Patryk Cisek wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to FreeBSD and was trying to install it on my laptop bare metal > for the first time. I've installed FreeBSD without any problems a number > of times in a VM, but now wanted to install on bare metal for the 1st time. > > Right after the initial screen, I'm getting an error message, saying: > > Loading configured modules... > can't find '/boot/entropy' > > Please, see the screenshot: > https://people.debian.org/~patryk/tmp/freebsd_install_screenshot.jpg > > I tried googling for similar problems, but haven't found anything, I > could hold on to. There was a similar issue on a Dell laptop > (forums.freebsd.org), but they resolved the issue by tinkering with > settings in the BIOS. Librem laptops are running SeaBIOS: > https://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS > > so I don't have access to any BIOS settings, really. I might be out of > luck, running FreeBSD on that particular laptop, but wanted to ask for > help here before giving up. I'd really appreciate any help/suggestions. > :) Thanks in advance. :) I see a related item on the Purism FAQ -> Librem Laptops -> Can I install a different OS on my Librem laptop? https://puri.sm/faq/ I see a few related posts on the Purism forum: https://forums.puri.sm/search?q=freebsd What is the intended purpose of the laptop? What is the model number and/or part number of the laptop? Please post the URL for the manufacturer support page. What are the hardware specifications -- CPU, memory, storage, graphics chip, display, Ethernet, WiFi, etc.? What is the motherboard firmware version? Is PureOS installed and running correctly? What is the version? What is the Linux version? Do you want to do multi-boot or FreeBSD only? Please post the partition table for the primary storage device. If the laptop has additional storage devices and you want to use them with FreeBSD (e.g. ZFS mirror, raidz), please post their partition tables. Please post /etc/crypttab and/or /etc/fstab if you have a PureOS or Linux installation and want to do multi-boot. As an alternative, is there a hypervisor available for PureOS? David