From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 25 00:58:37 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 EECEB927 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4C1E1AB1 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:58:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=6Cx43m3JgMmJXAek8HyM6VV0n5A2WyCwWCSeK8N9BCM=; b=crbzAqRTUZ63DRs9A7ylCl+s24fpyc6/tuk5RE4u/3csavj5SdTsuX2Qp1ZSKZpIjOxHr6H/aFCKzOimKy2sdllguEgcrEn/rqWttSCshAtDtwkqi/7n/Y259q9EssY0vxL+/cIqEYn0I07q3QW91bBIZYC42aweejaOS1pl60M=; Received: from [39.209.120.9] (port=54299 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1W6rZy-000eNx-V1; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:58:36 -0700 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:58:26 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Kata Goto Subject: Re: Unable to boot on USB key on Lenovo Thinkpad T440 Message-ID: <20140125085826.692bccc0@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Michael Sierchio , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:58:38 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:27:35 +0100 Kata Goto wrote: > 2014/1/24 Michael Sierchio > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Kata Goto > > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I recently (this week), recieved a Lenovo Thinkpad T440 and I > > > want to install FreeBSD, so I have disabled the secure boot and > > > force the legacy boot mode only. > > > Then I have downloaded an USB image and write it via > > > $ dd if=FreeBSD-9.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 > > > bs=64k > > > > > > (I also tried with 10.0-RELEASE) > > > And my laptop refuses to boot on it, even if I force to boot on > > > it (via ). > > > My USB key works well on other computers (they boot on it) and my > > > laptop boots well on an Ubuntu USB key. > > > I have also tried to boot on an external CD Drive, but nothing > > > change :/ > > > > It's my experience that not all USB sticks are bootable. I tend to > > use the low profile SanDisk models, which are. > > > > - M > > > > Thanks for your answer, > > I have tried 5 different USB sticks and they don't work in my > laptop but they work on other computers, if they were not bootable, > they should not boot on other computers, should they? my ThinkPad is also very picky about this. I never tried 10 from a flash drive but only from CD which worked. What OS is currently running on the machine? In what stage does it stop? I assume you see it as an option via F12 but then nothing happens when you select it. True? Erich