> From bounces-netbsd-users-owner-kathe=sdf....@netbsd.org Sun Feb 4 07:41:09 > 2018 > Subject: Re: thinkpad : e470 : bootup : barfs at acpi > To: Kathe <ka...@sdf.org>, da...@netbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org > From: Matthias Petermann <matth...@petermann-it.de> > Sender: netbsd-users-ow...@netbsd.org > > Hello, > > On 04.02.2018 05:34, Kathe wrote: > > i am at the first-boot via netbsd 7.1.1 using thumbdrive. > > i tried the "without acpi" option and the boot moved further than before. > > but, barfed again at "root device" (i think based on my limited > > recollection). > > > Just one guess: I have experienced a similiar issue when installing > NetBSD to a pretty modern Intel NUC device. In my case the root cause > was that the device exclusively has a XHCI (USB 3.0) controller, but no > UHCI / EHCI. As NetBSD 7.x only offers support for UHCI / EHCI, the USB > 3.0 controller was not recognized at all and rendering the kernel unable > to find a device where to look for the root filesystem. The reason why > the kernel is still loaded from the USB 3.0 is that the bootloader is > probably using some BIOS / CSM compatibility stuff. > > Could you try NetBSD 8.0 Beta[1] on the same device? The amd64 build has > XHCI enabled by default and this worked for my case. > > Kind regards, > Matthias > > [1] http://daily-builds.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/ > > -- > > Matthias Petermann <matth...@petermann-it.de> | www.petermann-it.de > GnuPG: 0x5C3E6D75 | 5930 86EF 7965 2BBA 6572 C3D7 7B1D A3C3 5C3E 6D75 > >
tried to get a thumbdrive image from the link you'd shared; http://daily-builds.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/201802030140Z/amd64/installation/ since my system does not have a 'cd' drive, i could not figure out which installable to go for. could you please point me further in the right direction? thanks.
