On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Daniel Dickman <didick...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > It's not a bug. It's a "security feature"... -Gene
