On Nov 6, 2013 2:32 PM, "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/06/13 10:53, sven falempin wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <[email protected] >wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:49:44AM -0500, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >>>> >>>> just install another 'os' like ubuntu-desktop on your laptop first. >>>> openbsd will install on it flawlessly after that, it did on mine. >>>> and yes, there was no need to change any options anywhere. >>> >>> On my daughter's brand spanking new Lenovo Ideapad $something Touch, we >>> needed to set the BIOS to 'legacy mode' in order to have it boot into the >>> Ubuntu installer and then choose some obscure linux kernel parameter for >>> it to switch to a usable graphics mode for the installer to complete. >>> >>> For some reason she wanted her laptop on Ubuntu and to use it herself from >>> that point on. >>> >>> - P >>> >>> -- >>> Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team >>> http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ >>> "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" >>> delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds. >>> >> Why you people are talking about your Lenovo experience ? are you salesman ? >> >> >> *facepalm* >> >> > Sven, Thinkpads are still the best laptops out there. I have dealt with > many others in the the last year, and thinkpads still rule. This W500 > I bought 5 years ago is still running. None of the non-TP laptops friends > bought in that time frame are still work. > > The quality of ALL laptops has gone downhill, but the thinkpads are still > at the top of the list (even with the new wretched keyboards they have). > > Add the UEFI horror for non-Windows users and giving exact details > becomes important. > > --STeve Andre' > > ps: Has anyone run OpenBSD on a System76 laptop? > I just bought a System76 Gazelle (gazp9) a couple weeks ago. I have not had the opportunity to put it through its paces yet (suspend, webcam, etc), but both 5.3 and 5.4 booted and installed to USB from CD without issue. There are no UEFI issues with it, which is a primary reason I bought it. X "works" in both releases, at least initially. (startx = pretty screen). 5.3 never gave me trouble the short time I tried it. However, 5.4 froze after a few minutes. I haven't had time to investigate but intend to do so. Once I can give it more than a cursory bootup I can share more if anyone is interested. Gerald
