On 2020-02-09 06:58, Michael G Workman wrote:
Hello,
Shout out to the OpenBSD developers for making a great OS!
I was able to install OpenBSD 6.6 on a Dell Latitude e6400 laptop, with
a
USB Install. Sent the dmesg in already.
The installer would not recognize the hard drive, a brand new SSD
drive.
The solution to that, from stack exchange, was to change the SATA
settings
in BIOS from IRRTL to AHCI, that fixed the problem.
However if my laptop is powered off for a while, the SATA setting
changes
back to IRRTL instead of AHCI, very annoying, not sure why the BIOS
would
not make my changes persistent. I think it may be a hardware issue, but
just wanted to know if anyone else has encountered this before?
Thanks.
*Michael G. Workman*
(321) 432-9295
michael.g.work...@gmail.com
I have run several laptops from that series with OpenBSD. The other
replies are correct, your BIOS battery is dead. Unfortunately, on many
of the Latitudes, the BIOS battery is of the variety that's embedded in
the RTC chip, and is not separately replaceable.
Some, however, including - the 6430 for example - have a regular coin
cell, albeit wrapped in a proprietary cover with a non-standard
connector, but at least is *is* replaceable without insane amounts of
work.
I have the owner's manuals for many of the 6400 series, email me
directly if you can't find the guide to replacing parts for your
particular model.
-Adam
