Got exactly the same issue with my Acer Aspire v5-573G several months ago. Drove me crazy like hell. Nice to know that I wasn't the only one facing this problem. Updating Acer BIOS didn't help, I had to remove HDD from SATA-connected slot altogether to be able to boot past BIOS check. Interesting observation, though - USB-booting worked without a hitch, both from a flash drive and from the same HDD connected externally through SATA-to-USB converter. I hope this helps with further investigation.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Wade, Daniel <dw...@meridium.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On > > Behalf Of Gabriel Guzman > > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 9:49 AM > > To: misc@openbsd.org > > Subject: Re: Openbsd broke my hard drive twice! Getting frustrated > > > > I've been seeing a similar issue on a DELL XPS 13" Developer edition I > got > > back in June -- ran fine with ubuntu as shipped with Dell, and then I > > wiped and installed OpenBSD and now can't even access the BIOS. > > > > I'm *sure* it's a BIOS issue as the BIOS is probably trying to do > > something silly with the hardisk. Haven't gotten around to flashing the > > BIOS to a newer version as I'm fairly sure > > I'll need to remove the harddisk before the system will even let me > > boot (and that involves taking apart most of the laptop). It's sad that > > BIOSes are so buggy these days, and a bit crazy that something you do to > > the disk would cause the BIOS to freak out. Oh well, whenever the Dell > > support people pick up the phone, I'll complain to them for all the good > > it will do. > > > > The Dell had no problem booting the install media from usb, was just > > when it came time to try and boot from HD that the BIOS freaked, and now > > won't allow me to access the BIOS settings or the "choose which media to > > boot from" menu. > > > > To the OP -- This is definitely not OpenBSD breaking your system, it's > > OpenBSD doing one of the things it does best... exposing bugs in *other* > > places (: and I feel your pain, it's quite frustrating when hardware > > we've paid for can't handle something that should be easy. > > > > gabe. > > > I've got a Dell latitude E5440 that exhibits the same problem. But only > with certain hard drives. I have some that work just fine and then some > that will freeze the BIOS. I would recommend trying a different drive
