Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-10 Thread Aaron Mason
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:04 AM Adam Thompson wrote: > > [SNIP] > > The older the Latitude, the harder it is to open, but even an E6400 is > pretty easy, even if you've never opened up a laptop before. Yes. The E6400 and E6410 were favourites of mine, with a single spring-mounted screw and a

Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-10 Thread Adam Thompson
On 2020-02-10 09:36, Michael G Workman wrote: Ok, thanks for the info. For your E6400, see this guide: https://www.parts-people.com/blog/2012/10/16/dell-latitude-e6420-cmos-battery-removal-and-installation/ I found E6400 CMOS batteries from multiple vendors on the first page of Google

Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-10 Thread Michael G Workman
Ok, thanks for the info. *Michael G. Workman* (321) 432-9295 michael.g.work...@gmail.com On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 4:47 PM Adam Thompson wrote: > 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

Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-09 Thread Adam Thompson
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

Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-09 Thread Florian Viehweger
Hello Michael, > 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

Re: Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-09 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 07:58:25AM -0500, 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

Dell Latitude e6400 OpenBSD Drive Issue

2020-02-09 Thread Michael G Workman
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,