Unable to boot Fujitsu Lifebook U904 from 10.0 installation DVD -SOLVED

[Valeri Galtsev]

Dear All,

It's kind of awkward to answer one's own question... Anyway, I have booted
the machine successfully, installed FreeBSD 10.0 base system, and am
adding now whatever else I need. There was one thing in UEFI settings that
I overlooked: CSM (Compatibility Support Module). After I set in UEFI:

SCM enable

I was able to successfully boot off FreeBSD 10.0 installation DVD (and
memstick).

Valeri

On Wed, October 22, 2014 5:23 pm, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> Dear Experts,
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> I did a stupid thing: I got myself a fancy new laptop ;-) ... Fujitsu
> Lifebook U904 Ultrabook.
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> Ideally I was going to wipe the drive and have single system: FreeBSD.
> (And other systems under virtual box). I'm trying to boot the laptop off
> FreeBSD (10.0, 10.1 RC2, 9.2) installation DVD. All I get: "boot failure".
> I get the same when I try USB memory stick installer. I did a variety of
> changes in UEFI settings that are being suggested for successful boot of
> [installation media of] other than Windows 8 systems. In Security -->
> Secure boot configurations I disabled "Secure Boot", and I disabled
> "Secure boot options". I somehow am sure that that is not what prevents me
> to boot FreeBSD. I can boot several Linux installation DVDs and start
> installation: Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu. I didn't plan and don't want to
> install them though. I can boot ArchLinux (although the installer fails
> for whatever reason).
>
> Search on the web didn't reveal brilliant person who successfully
> installed FreeBSD on this particular laptop and was kind enough to
> describe non-trivial parts of the process.
>
> Any suggestions anybody?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your answers!
>
> Valeri
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Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-4247
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