Boot halts on Thinkpad X220 (Sandy Bridge)

[tiredashell at gmail.com]

It appears this was just a boot loader problem. Using BTX loader
appears to fix the issue.

On Friday, May 27, 2011, tiredashell at gmail.com <tiredashell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I finally got around to trying is out, and although the installation
> completed successfully, the installation isn't recognized upon boot. I
> am getting a PXE-E61 error: media test failure, please check cable. I
> tried reinstalling three or four times, with the same results.
>
> I do not believe the issue is a BIOS setting or HD failure, because i
> can still successfully install windows 7 without any problems.
>
> On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, Daniel Staal <DStaal at usa.net> wrote:
>>
>> (Sorry I can't reply to anyone, I just joined the list.  I saw this discussion in the archives and thought I should join in.)
>>
>> I've managed to boot a X220i using -CURRENT as of last night.  I got some help on -questions to get it done though.  From a blank machine, you'll need either a non-USB boot device with FreeBSD media (untested) or a USB keyboard.  If you are using a USB keyboard
>>
>> set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1
>>
>> to install, and use the USB keyboard during installation.  Then on the first reboot in the BIOS set 'USB UEFI BIOS' to disabled.  (This means you can't boot from a USB device.)
>>
>> At that point, the machine will boot fine.  I've tried 8.2-RELEASE, the last amd64 -CURRENT I could find on the FreeBSD website, and -CURRENT as of 2011-05-16.
>>
>> I'm building a couple of ports at the moment, and want to reboot with a couple of config changes in the loader to see if I can get the WiFi recognized.  As soon as I do that I can post my dmesg someplace.
>>
>> Daniel T. Staal
>>
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