On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:53 AM, sven falempin <sven.falem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net>wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:49:44AM -0500, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >>> just install another 'os' like ubuntu-desktop on your laptop first. >>> openbsd will install on it flawlessly after that, it did on mine. >>> and yes, there was no need to change any options anywhere. >> >> On my daughter's brand spanking new Lenovo Ideapad $something Touch, we >> needed to set the BIOS to 'legacy mode' in order to have it boot into the >> Ubuntu installer and then choose some obscure linux kernel parameter for >> it to switch to a usable graphics mode for the installer to complete. >> >> For some reason she wanted her laptop on Ubuntu and to use it herself from >> that point on. >> >> - P >> >> -- >> Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team >> http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ >> "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" >> delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds. > > Why you people are talking about your Lenovo experience ? are you salesman ? > > *facepalm* > > [...]
Oh damn right - you see Peter is Lenovo's Taiwan head, Mayuresh manages their APAC sales and I handle North America sales! ROFL. For your laptop, did you probe BIOS options as Peter suggested? The answer is a simple yes or no *hint* -ag -- sent via 100% recycled electrons from my mobile command center.
