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diff --git a/docs/bsd/freebsd.md b/docs/bsd/freebsd.md index eb0a1236..085b989c 100644 --- a/docs/bsd/freebsd.md +++ b/docs/bsd/freebsd.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ How to install FreeBSD on a libreboot system This section relates to preparing, booting and installing FreeBSD on your libreboot system, using nothing more than a USB flash drive (and -*dd*). They\'ve only been tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad x200. +*dd*). They've only been tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad x200. It is expected that you use text mode in libreboot (txtmode images), for the early boot process in FreeBSD. **Booting the installer results in a -red flickering text display, and doesn\'t boot.** +red flickering text display, and doesn't boot.** Thanks go to ioxcide in [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/53jt70/libreboot_and_bsds/) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ for the initial instructions. TODO: test FreeBSD more extensively, and make sure it works (and fix it if it does not). Instructions are provided here, to boot and install -FreeBSD but we\'re not sure whether it is currently fully compatible +FreeBSD but we're not sure whether it is currently fully compatible with libreboot. - [Prepare the USB drive (in FreeBSD)](#prepare) @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:\ **\$ disklabel sd3** -Check that it wasn\'t automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For +Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:\ **\$ doas umount /dev/sd3i**\ @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:\ **\$ lsblk** -Check that it wasn\'t automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For +Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:\ **\$ sudo umount /dev/sdX\***\ **\# umount /dev/sdX\*** @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ TODO Troubleshooting =============== -Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot\'s \'text -mode\' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for +Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot's 'text +mode' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for FreeBSD it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer -because it doesn\'t exist. +because it doesn't exist. In most cases, you should use the vesafb ROM images. Example filename: libreboot\_ukdvorak\_vesafb.rom. -won\'t boot\...something about file not found +won't boot\...something about file not found --------------------------------------------- Your device names (i.e. usb0, usb1, sd0, sd1, wd0, ahci0, hd0, etc) and |