Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:31:18 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 12.1 on Librem laptop Message-ID: <ac111261-3a87-eee4-04e1-9b5f30f02f93@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAOyJeZQbWqMnXjRCuFnVY8pRvfOVw0Dh-%2B0wONgGGL30-J1BNg@mail.gmail.com> References: <b0977dd7-1b12-3286-0069-7fa03461e5c3@cisek.email> <CAOyJeZQbWqMnXjRCuFnVY8pRvfOVw0Dh-%2B0wONgGGL30-J1BNg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2020-07-13 12:15, Shamim Shahriar wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 18:04, Patryk Cisek <patryk@cisek.email> 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. :) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Hi Patryk > > Could you please confirm if that is the last thing you see on screen and > that installation halts at that point? > > I have come across devices that issues that error, but have never known > them to halt at that point or not proceed further and do the job, hence > trying to confirm. > > Kind regards One of my relatives has librem laptop, I will have my hands on that laptop late this afternoon, and will see in I can install FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE on it. Will report failure/success and if I had to make any changes in opensource SeaBIOS that laptop has to successfully install FreeBSD. Valeri > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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