Re: Anyone know how to get FreeBSD on a framework 13 laptop?

In message <[email protected]>, Chris writes:
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> On 2025-12-09 23:35, Chris wrote:
> > On 2025-12-09 22:34, Cy Schubert wrote:
> >> In message <[email protected]>, Chris writes:
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> >>> OK because I know you're going to ask... :-)
> >>> 
> >>> framework 13 laptop (MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI A2XWGKG-012US)[1],[2]
> >>> CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 275HX [3]
> >>> GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with NVIDIA Optimus supported [4]
> >>> LAN: Realtec RTL???? 2.5Gb
> >>> WiFi: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211(2*2 ax)
> >>> 
> >>> I'm currently unable to boot any of 13.5,14.n,15.n or 16 on this laptop.
> >>> On 13.5 it hangs on sc (syscons(4)?) connect...
> >> 
> >> Add this,
> >> 
> >> kern.vty=vt
> >> 
> >> to your loader.conf.
> > Really appreciate your taking the time to reply, Cy.
> > Just tried this. But same results. FWIW, I only saw the syscons message
> > on 13.5. I've since made a 16-CURRENT from the kernel,base and lib32 
> > archives
> > that were on ftp.freebsd.org (now missing).
> >> 
> >> If you look at the sc(4) man page you will notice,
> > I  know. :)
> > 
> >> As to how I got my Framework 13 (with AMD chipset) installed, I cloned
> >> FreeBSD, including all data, from my HP 840, also running in UEFI mode,
> >> changing fstab and rc.conf to customize a few things before booting the
> >> Framework laptop. (The HP 840 also uses kern.vty=vt.)
> > Close to what I did to get 16 on my framework 12. All the right bits weren'
> t
> > yet available at that time. All good now tho.
> > 
> OK after booting 13.5-16 FreeBSD and all the BSD versions I
> could find. They all ended at either:
>
> sc0 failed to probe on isa0
>
> or
>
> atrtc1 : Warning: Couldn't map I/O.

Can you describe your Framework 13? Does it have an Intel or AMD chipset?

What's the BIOS version?


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
FreeBSD UNIX:  <[email protected]>   Web:  https://FreeBSD.org
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>
> Which seemed to me, that I simply lost the CON at that point.
> So since it rebooted some 3 seconds after that point. I looked
> at the dmesg.boot on my framework 12 to see if I might determine
> where/what triggered the reboot. Looked like it might be the
> nvme. So spun up a live Ubuntu image. It gave me a desktop and a
> dmesg[1]. But no nvme drive! The drive options in the UEFI are
> fairly basic. Turns out the drive is handled by the Intel VMD
> Controller. Neither Linux nor BSD understand/have drivers for
> the VMD Controller. Only Windows. Interestingly, rEFIt[2] does.
> So I found a keyboard macro that exposes some 300+ additional
> options/sub-options: ~200+ CPU / ~100+ arbitration and turned
> off the VMD Controller in the CPU. Now Linux sees and will
> manage the drive if I ask it to. On a hunch, I decided to give
> OpenBSD a try. Booted perfectly[3] w/o any problems! Would
> happily install to the drive if asked to! When did OpenBSD
> become more advanced than FreeBSD?
>
> Here's hoping that the 2 dmesg files attached will help isolate
> the problem. I'll happily perform any additional tasks requested.
>
> Thanks for all your time and consideration!
>
> --Chris
> > 
> >> To boot the Framework from install media, break to the loader prompt and
> >> type in,
> >> 
> >> kern.vty=vt
> >> 
> >> Then boot. Install FreeBSD. Finally, make sure kern.vty=vt is in the
> >> installed image's loader.conf before rebooting the image.
> >> 
> >> Hope this helps.
> > 
> -- 
> There is no such place as the internet
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