On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 11:39:08PM +1200, Derek Sivers wrote:
> 6.7-BETA (today's snapshot).
>
> Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2nd gen with two NVMe inside.
>
> Windows on /dev/sd1
> Installed OpenBSD on /dev/sd0 (a 1TB Samsung 970 pro)
> /dev/sd0 has had FreeBSD and Arch Linux on it successfully.
>
> Installed via USB just fine. Fresh [W]hole disk install.
> Just default install, no encryption or RAID.
>
> BIOS has sd0 as the preferred startup device. But after reboot, Windows comes
> up. Hmm…
>
> I reboot with manual boot override to select sd0/OpenBSD. Nope. Won't.
> Just instantly goes back to menu.
>
> So I installed same 6.7-BETA on an external SSD via USB-eSATA.
> Same thing. Installed fine. But laptop won't let it boot from that drive.
>
> In BIOS: "secure boot" and "memory protection" all off. And FWIW, settings
> haven't changed since FreeBSD was running successfully on this laptop
> yesterday.
>
> Any suggestions on what else I could try to make it boot?
>
> Thank you.
You did not tell if you were using EFI or MBR boot. You couldn try the
other one. I never got my X1 6th gen booting with EFI boot.
-Otto
