On Monday, December 22, 2014, Ted Unangst <t...@tedunangst.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 00:53, Henrique Lengler wrote: > > On 2014-12-23 00:50, Edgar Pettijohn III wrote: > >> Have you tried installing something other than OpenBSD since you ran > >> into this issue? > > > > Since I ran into this issue I can't even access my bios with the HDD > > sata connected. > > That can only be a problem with your BIOS. Update it? Get a better > one? I don't know. But if your BIOS doesn't work with some drive > attached, your BIOS is broken. I just bought a system with what seems like the same problem as in this thread (dell laptop). I upgraded the drive to an ssd. the laptop firmware and the ssd firmware were both upgraded to the latest versions. with windows installed I can press F2 and get into the firmware menu just fine. with openbsd I just get a black screen when I press F2 at boot. I did a test. after i installed openbsd, I overwrote the mbr with all zeroes. when I rebooted I could access the bios menu via F2 again. does seem like a firmware bug based on the contents of the mbr. will see if I can diagnose further.
