Solved can't boot installer on Lenovo Yoga X1 ThinkPad

dchmelik

dchmelik

My Lenovo Yoga X1 ThinkPad (gen1) gets partly through FreeBSD 13 USB flash drive installer boot then halts w/no output several minutes.
One line was: WARNING: Device "psm" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.
 
I waited for the menu, pressed 7, typed 'set hw.vga.textmode=1,' 'boot,' <ENTER>. The same happens. I don't know if I did it right. Should I take/post a photo? (of course if white on black text (which should've been replaced with black on white when LCDs were more common, for power-saving) it'll probably be blurry.)
 
I went back, pressed 3 or ESC that time. The gop command didn't exist anywhere I went (when first seeing the cursor, pressing ESC, or waiting for the menu then pressing ESC or 3.)
 
The idea is to use the loader prompt facilities to figure of what mode it should be running.
gop list will show you these.

For my box I have to force the resolution with this:
kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1920x1080"
As determined from gop list.
 
Here is another example.
Code: 
 ���3. Escape to loader prompt             ������/                     `--  /


Available consoles:
    efi
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK gop list
mode 0: 1024x768x16, stride=1024
OK
 
Is it possible it is not running in efi mode? I thought all newer IBM used EFI. How old is this thinkpad?
Have you looked at bios? Try EFI only no CSM.
 
Well that makes it simple.
kern.vt=sc
Try from loader prompt.
It brings up the old (better) console on legacy BIOS installs.
 
It's not new (2015: ) I got it maybe 1/3 or 25% original price year or two ago. I set variable you said, booted, but same happens, below.
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This computer is perfectly running FreeBSD 13 here. I don't have access to it right now, can check tomorrow.
As far as I remember I only replaced the WiFi module with a FreeBSD-compatible one.
 
dchmelik said:
… no output several minutes. …
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Then, what exactly happens in response to a simple (short) press on the power button: does the computer power off immediately, or is there some other behaviour?

… FreeBSD 13 USB flash drive installer …
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13.0-RELEASE, or STABLE?

In an edge case: you might find that optical media succeeds where boot from a flash drive fails, although I haven't seen that for a long time.

Also note that FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso is too large for a standard DVD, and so on. If you do write to optical: choose an image that's not too large.
 
The line worked (so I'm not trying GhostBSD, NomadBSD, etc.) and I'm wondering if I made a USB flash drive installer of 13.0-STABLE (though I don't know where you get an IMG) or when 13.1 or 14.0 come out if I'll still have to do this. I also had to edit the loader.conf after installing.
 
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