Dear Mestre, Thank you. I agree!
Sincerely, Xianwen On 2/12/18, Ricardo Mestre <ser...@helheim.mooo.com> <ser...@helheim.mooo.com> wrote: > Hi Xianwen, > > I guess this is one of "you're-on-your-own" cases, the BIOS being locked by > IT I'm even surprised you're allowed to install a different OS on the > machine. > > For starters I'd speak directly with them and check what are you allowed or > not to do with the machine. > > /mestre > > On Monday, 12 February 2018, Xianwen Chen wrote: >> Dear Mike, >> >> From the output of dmesg, I guess so. The BIOS is locked by IT >> administrators. Is there some way that I can use OpenBSD while the >> controller is set to RAID mode? >> >> Sincerely, >> Xianwen >> >> On 2/12/18, Mike Larkin <mlar...@azathoth.net> wrote: >> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 05:07:15PM +0000, Xianwen Chen wrote: >> >> Dear OpenBSD users, >> >> >> >> I am not able to run OpenBSD 6.2 amd64 on a Dell Latitude E6330. The >> >> installation was done by taking out the hard drive and hook it through >> >> a USB reader to another machine. >> >> >> >> I boot the hard drive through Legacy Boot menu. The boot process stops >> >> with >> >> root device: >> >> >> >> It is possible to boot through bsd.rd. However, the hard drive is not >> >> recognized there. >> >> >> >> Here is the dmesg from bsd.rd: >> >> >> >> OpenBSD 6.2 (RAMDISK_CD) #132: Tue Oct 3 21:26:51 MDT 2017 >> >> >> >> dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD >> >> real mem = 17064423424 (16273MB) >> >> avail mem = 16543502336 (15777MB) >> >> mainbus0 at root >> >> bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xecad0 (98 entries) >> >> bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "A16" date 01/18/2016 >> >> bios0: Dell Inc. Latitude E6330 >> >> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 >> >> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT TCPA MCFG HPET SSDT SSDT SSDT DMAR >> >> ASF! SSDT SLIC BGRT >> >> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat >> >> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) >> >> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz, 2891.03 MHz >> >> cpu0: >> >> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS,SENSOR,ARAT >> >> cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache >> >> cpu0: TSC frequency 2891029960 Hz >> >> cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz >> >> cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.1.2, IBE >> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured >> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured >> >> cpu at mainbus0: not configured >> >> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins >> >> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) >> >> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P1) >> >> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01) >> >> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP02) >> >> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05) >> >> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 11 (RP06) >> >> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07) >> >> acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08) >> >> acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG0) >> >> acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1) >> >> acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2) >> >> acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG3) >> >> acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP03) >> >> acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus 7 (RP04) >> >> acpiec0 at acpi0 >> >> acpicpu at acpi0 not configured >> >> acpitz at acpi0 not configured >> >> "INT3F0D" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "DLLK0533" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "DLL0533" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0401" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "SMO8810" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "*pnp0c14" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0D" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0C" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0E" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "ACPI0003" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C0A" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "DELLABCE" at acpi0 not configured >> >> "PNP0C31" at acpi0 not configured >> >> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 >> >> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 3G Host" rev 0x09 >> >> vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 4000" rev 0x09 >> >> wsdisplay1 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> >> xhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 7 Series xHCI" rev 0x04: msi >> >> usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0 >> >> uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev >> >> 3.00/1.00 addr 1 >> >> "Intel 7 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured >> >> em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel 82579LM" rev 0x04: msi, address >> >> b8:ca:3a:d8:5f:2e >> >> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2 >> >> int >> >> 16 >> >> usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 >> >> uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev >> >> 2.00/1.00 addr 1 >> >> "Intel 7 Series HD Audio" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 not >> >> configured >> >> ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi >> >> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 >> >> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi >> >> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 >> >> iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" rev >> >> 0x35: msi, MIMO 3T3R, MoW, address 3c:a9:f4:01:ed:24 >> >> ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi >> >> pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 >> >> ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi >> >> pci4 at ppb3 bus 7 >> >> ppb4 at pci0 dev 28 function 5 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi >> >> pci5 at ppb4 bus 11 >> >> sdhc0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 vendor "O2 Micro", unknown product >> >> 0x8221 rev 0x05: apic 2 int 17 >> >> sdhc0: SDHC 2.0, 50 MHz base clock >> >> sdmmc0 at sdhc0: 4-bit, sd high-speed, mmc high-speed, dma >> >> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2 >> >> int >> >> 21 >> >> usb2 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 >> >> uhub2 at usb2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev >> >> 2.00/1.00 addr 1 >> >> "Intel QM77 LPC" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 not configured >> >> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801HBM RAID" rev 0x04: DMA, >> >> channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI >> >> pciide0: using apic 2 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt >> >> "Intel 7 Series SMBus" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 not >> >> configured >> >> isa0 at mainbus0 >> >> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12 >> >> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) >> >> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay1 >> >> uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x8087 >> >> product 0x0024" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 >> >> "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 3 at uhub3 port 4 not >> >> configured >> >> "001BFC3CF4E8-D117-091032 Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_E4HD" rev >> >> 2.00/28.08 addr 4 at uhub3 port 5 not configured >> >> uhub4 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x8087 >> >> product 0x0024" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 >> >> softraid0 at root >> >> scsibus0 at softraid0: 256 targets >> >> root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b >> >> umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic Mass >> >> Storage" rev 2.00/1.06 addr 2 >> >> umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only >> >> scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 >> >> sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic, Flash Disk, 8.07> SCSI2 >> >> 0/direct removable >> >> sd0: 1920MB, 512 bytes/sector, 3932160 sectors >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Xianwen >> >> >> > >> > Is your controller set in the BIOS to "RAID" mode instead of "AHCI" >> > mode? >> >>