Re: [Libreboot] Thinkpad x200 with Libreboot 20160818: problem booting from USB

[Marcel Maci]

Hi Leah,
It worked perfectly with another stick indeed. Is there any rule/criteria/list 
for the sticks that work or is it just trial and error ... ? ;-)
Thx + greetings,
Marcel

> El 23 ago 2016, a las 9:24, Leah Rowe <address@hidden> escribió:
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Hi Marcel,
> 
> Op 23/08/16 om 08:20 schreef Marcel Maci:
>> 
>> Hi all, I get strange behaviour with Libreboot 20160818 on Thinkpad
>> x200. When Grub shows up, I select "Boot from usb". It then loads
>> the Trisquel menu where I select whatever I want (e.g. install,
>> boot from live cd) and I get the error message:
>> 
>> Error: USB mass storage stalled Error: you need to load kernel
>> first
>> 
>> Press any key to continue
>> 
>> I tried the same with another usb-stick with Tails and it booted
>> without any complaint (tried several times). Other strange
>> behaviour: sometimes I get a "kernel panic" message with the
>> uppercase led blinking and the system stops (this can occur with
>> both sticks, but with Tails the message just pops up a fraction of
>> a second and then it continues booting). Does anybody know what the
>> problem could be? BTW: flashing the x200 was very slow (due to bad
>> connection with the clip I had to reduce speed to 128 and it took
>> 1.5 hours (!) - I also had to specify manually the "MX25L6405D"
>> with the -c option), but the content of the flash chip seems to be
>> correct (it said VERIFIED in the end). Thx and greetings, Marcel
> 
> Can you try another USB drive? Not all drives work reliably in the
> GRUB payload.
> 
> - -- 
> Leah Rowe
> 
> Libreboot developer
> 
> Use free software. Free as in freedom.
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> 
> Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux.
> https://www.gnu.org/
> 
> Use a free BIOS.
> https://libreboot.org/
> 
> Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation.
> https://fsf.org/
> 
> Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England,
> No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462
> Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK |
> Web: http://minifree.org/
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux)
> 
> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXu/ohAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UPxEH/jo/TkcmqRcyyMjqpy8AEq6T
> SIEo9MYV+jb8mU2GA99cNdkX0KQFguXYIRvUIeB+6sJ85Nz7r/cA8PiJBFMVti7D
> kTe/okp8jQ3MaT2VC75BZ+3E39sdUM6beSvWB0hgTrdzmKBJ6DhEKiLJSDscDqrD
> 3JvrZvc090tHMobVnH4mup9WYU3EBs8z9P0Yi7KSZt41T5RFdLmmPZ8Ck1uD0ABP
> NtDVSxdApm0bGyWqewwP8W1vo0c0WEofzVeT4JWosbMrEJ21gURJquTZ+21M8Ayj
> jAAjrQhw5+TpImVde2Z8yYcyE2w0HtJgIcP7VJLZXhiYOY2MsfoUSv0JW7jow+Q=
> =8lIX
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----