On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 08:29:56AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:46:09PM +0900, John Mettraux wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 8:38 PM Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 08:26:43PM +0900, John Mettraux wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2020-05-23, John Mettraux <jmettr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (...)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hard power down is the only way out, but rebooting still leads
> > > > > > immediately to the
> > > > > > "entry point at 0x1001000" wall. It is consistent. I tried boot -c,
> > > > > > boot -d or boot -s,
> > > > > > still the same wall.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have just tried with the install67.img snapshot (22-May-2020 21:12
> > > > > > 476545024) from
> > > > > > https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/ but it leads
> > > > > > to the same
> > > > > > "entry point at 0x1001000" right after boot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Try downloading a 6.7 kernel (bsd.mp) to e.g. /bsd.test, and from the
> > > > > 6.6 boot
> > > > > loader type "b /bsd.test". Do you still get the hang? This will give
> > > > > you an idea
> > > > > whether the problem in 6.7 is with the newer boot loader or the
> > > > > kernel.
> > > >
> > > > I can confirm that the hang doesn't happen with the 6.7 kernel and the
> > > > 6.6 boot
> > > > loader (bootx64 3.46). The hang happens with the 6.7 boot loader (3.50).
> > > >
> > > > I will try to do a 6.7 install with the 3.46 boot loader.
> > >
> > > Can you also try using legacy boot mode (mbr)? There should be some
> > > setting in the bios to enable that.
> > >
> > > -Otto
> >
> > I tried to set the boot mode to [Legacy First] and [Legacy Only]. In
> > both cases the Boot 3.47 kicked in
> > and allowed me to install.
> >
> > I performed the install on the machine drive (sd0) with MBR and the
> > install was successful.
> > Dmesg below for the resulting 6.7 Snapshot.
> >
> > I tried to install on sd0 with GPT. The install warned me "An EFI/GPT
> > disk may not boot. Proceed?"
> > I answered yes. The install proceeded but upon reboot it froze with
> > the "entry point at 0x1001000".
> > This was with bootx64 3.50.
> >
> > I am going to re-install with sd0 MBR.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > John
>
> I have an x1 6th generation that also does not like to boot using EFI.
> There's is a difference though: it already had problems with EFI
> when I initially installed it in Feb 2019.
>
> I'll see if I can find some time to make a more detail diagnosis.
I just tried and EFI boot with the latst snap works on it. efifb(4)
is not configured but for the rest it seems to work ok using bootx64
3.50 and BIOS version 1.44.
-Otto
