Lenovo Thinkpad P1

Necromago

Necromago

Hello,

I will install FreeBSD 14.x on this laptop:

Lenovo Thinkpad P1
Machine Type Model : 20MES1V800
CPU : 1x Intel Core i7-8850H Processor()
RAM : 2x 16GB DDR4 2666
Operating System : GNU/Linux Debian 13
SSD : 1x 256 GB PCIe NVMe OPAL & 1x 1024 GB PCIe NVMe OPAL
Wireless Network: Intel Wireless-AC 9560, Wi-Fi 2x2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 5.0, M.2 card
Camera: RGB & iR
Graphics Card: 1x Intel UHD Graphics 630 & 1x NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with 4GB GDDR5

Has any forum member ever installed FreeBSD 14.x on this type of Thinkpad?

If so, did you have any difficulty?

Is there a special configuration to do in the BIOS/UEFI?

I thought I saw that Ventoy should not be used with a FreebSD.iso image.
So I will use an.iso image via rufus or etcher or another means.

Thanks in advance for your answers.
 
For BIOS/UEFI disable Secure Boot, FreeBSD doesn’t support it. Set SATA mode to AHCI and, if needed, switch to “Discrete Graphics” to avoid hybrid GPU issues.
 
Necromago said:
So I will use an.iso image via rufus or etcher or another means.
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Why are you going to use this? What's wrong with dd in your case? Why didn't you go the "classic" way? Rufus is good for Windows, it patches the image to remove TRM 2.0, etc. What's good about Rufus for FreeBSD?
 
USerID said:
Why are you going to use this? What's wrong with dd in your case? Why didn't you go the "classic" way? Rufus is good for Windows, it patches the image to remove TRM 2.0, etc. What's good about Rufus for FreeBSD?
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Because once, with DD, I messed up and erased a 1 TB external hdd.
 
Lewis De Payne said:
For BIOS/UEFI disable Secure Boot, FreeBSD doesn’t support it. Set SATA mode to AHCI and, if needed, switch to “Discrete Graphics” to avoid hybrid GPU issues.
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Hello,
I know it's been a while since you posted your message...
But I haven't had time to test it yet :(
I'll try again with this option enabled, because it failed my last attempt.
 
I don't have a P1, but I've run freebsd successfully on a number of thinkpads, most recently an X220 and a T490, they both worked fine. I would try it with the intel graphics to start off with as a failsafe, once you have that working, then maybe try to get the quadro working. I haven't had any problems running with intel graphics.
 
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