Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-18 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Todd try without the USB Docking device / LAN Dongle device cable attached ... (I see something like that in the dmesg use the bios to turn off things like the camera one by one and you will find the incompatible piece of hardware (if it exists) On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 05:07, Todd Brewster w

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-18 Thread Todd Brewster

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-17 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Todd, im sorry to hear that you are having that hassle... the only other thing I can think of is to clear the partition table (if you have no other data stored) on the hard disk, I have had trouble with other installers (that said, not OpenBSDs) where if I had one OS installed on the disk before

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-15 Thread Tom Smyth
Hey Todd, Can you try to run one of the current snapshots just in case there is some new hardware in the P1 that is not recognised last of the hardware checks what INtel SGX setting do you have ? and what intel TXT Settting do you have ? Im running 6.8 current myself... On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-14 Thread Todd Brewster

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-13 Thread Todd Brewster

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-13 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Todd I just got around to testing 6.7 (before trying Current on my T15 Gen1 which I think would be the same generation as your P1 are you using a docking station ? the Nvidia Chips can play silly buggers on the docked displays... On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:50, Todd Brewster wrote: > > server# d

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-13 Thread Tom Smyth
how did you create the USB Disk ? Have you made sure to remove all partitions / volumes from it before writing the image ? Can you try the USB Disk in another computer... ? On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:34, Todd Brewster wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > My apologies for the late reply. I now have tried wi

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-13 Thread Tom Smyth
Hey Todd, Hakan is right, and the way Lenvo ennumerates the USB Disk (as a hard disk vs some other type of disk) might be affecting you Cheers, On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 03:09, Hakan E. Duran wrote: > > On 20/10/12 07:44PM, Tom Smyth wrote: > I solved a similar issue by going into BIOS settings and

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-12 Thread Hakan E. Duran
On 20/10/12 07:44PM, Tom Smyth wrote: I solved a similar issue by going into BIOS settings and into the boot order list, where I could actually see the USB drive, which didn't show on boot menu or anywhere else otherwise on a lenovo thinkpad X200. Good luck. Hakan > Can you try a different USB st

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-12 Thread Todd Brewster

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-12 Thread Tom Smyth
Can you try a different USB stick some drivers for sticks may not work so well :/ AFAIK Secure boot I think will allow for an initial load but then crash (from my experience with windows installers half working) Emperically I think the boot loader will be fine but kernel loading might be stopped )

Re: Installation of 6.7 does not start on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3

2020-10-12 Thread Tom Smyth
Hey Todd... check your secure boot option in the bios... I think it will be in the Security or Security Chip or TPM menu in the thinkpad if that is enabled it will only load a recognised image at boot time... just temporarily disable secure boot Be careful dont disable the TPM completely if you h