On 2020-01-05 22:22, Chris Bennett wrote:
HyperThread must be off! Danger!
Good to know, I disabled.
Probably shouldn't enable virtualization unless using it.
Also good to know.
Secure boot is off, that is correct.
Do you have the latest BIOS?
Yes. I also tried downgrading.
Will the disk boot if you skip UEFI completely and run in legacy
mode?
I am not sure how that would be. I am presented with the DELL logo and
the option to (f2)UEFI setup, (f5)diagnostics and (f12)legacy mode but
like I said the UEFI(DELL logo) stays static and those options glitch.
Are you dual-booting with Windows? It hates everything and can mess
up
BIOS settings to make you love Windows even more.
I dedicated the whole machine.
Do you get to the boot> prompt?
Then try booting the different hard drives listed above it manually.
I do not even get to that, unless using a "SATA to USB" cable but that
is impractical.
Good Luck,
Chris Bennett
I also tried:
-Installing OpenBSD using internal SATA port of problem machine then
trying it on the internal SATA port of another. It worked.
-Booting OpenBSD from secondary SATA port using a caddie. It did not
work.
-Much more troubleshooting and UEFI options.
My deduction:
-The internal port works fine since it can boot Windows.
-There should not be anything wrong with UEFI since it can boot OpenBSD
from USB port.
-All behavior I noted indicates that the internal ports do not
recognize the filesystem/format/partition.
That is as far as I am educated.
I decided to use OpenBSD on the older laptop despite it's falling
apart. I will keep the problem laptop just for Winblows until I get
proficient with OpenBSD and then sell the ungrateful PoS.
