On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: > Please keep it on the list... > > On 03/10/13 06:38, Roger Wiklund wrote: > ... >> AHCI mode enabled and booting from CD: >> >> CD-ROM: 94 >> Loading /5.2/I386/CDBOOT >> probing: pc0 pci mem[628K 3055M 444K 3M 1024M a20=on] >> disk: cd0 >>>> OpenBSD/i386 CDBOOT 3.17 >> boot> boot hd0a:/bsd >> booting hd0a:/bsd >> >> And then it hangs, I've tried hd0a, hd1a, hd2a etc, same result. >> Looks like it can only find the cd0. > > yep, and that's your problem. the BIOS is only exposing the CD to the > boot system; your machine is broke. > ... > > As someone suggested, check for firmware upgrades. This system is > probably incompatible with any non-UEFI OS, I doubt they want that. If > they do, return to vendor, they don't want your business. > > > Nick.
Thanks! Sorry, forgot to hit reply all. I've sent a query to IBM regarding the issue. I was thinking of a workaround base on the FAQ: Kernel: /bsd: This is the goal of the boot process, to have the OpenBSD kernel loaded into RAM and properly running. Once the kernel has loaded, OpenBSD accesses the hardware directly, no longer through the BIOS. Is it possible to install the system in AHCI mode, then boot with a bootable CD that contains the installed kernel, load it and when OpenBSD then has access to the hardware tell it to mount the disk and load the rest as usual? Regards Roger
