On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:51:26PM -0500, Jay F. Shachter wrote:
Esteemed Colleagues: I cannot install NetBSD from NetBSD-9.3-amd64-install.img (despite the fact that the name of the file contains a promise that I can).
I do not know how you created the USB drive, but there are two type of images. One for bios and another for new type booting. Did you select the correct type ?
I copied the file to a USB storage device and then instructed my computer to boot from it. The computer immediately says "Invalid partition table!"
After you create the USB, try this to verify: # disklabel /dev/rsd0d <snip>
And then, a few seconds later, it crashes. Here are the last few lines of output (there may be typographical errors, I am copying from the screen by hand): [ 6.5091599] boot device: sd0 [ 6.5091599] root on dk1 [ 6.5091723] root file system type: ffs [ 6.5091723] kern.module.path=/stand/amd64/9.3/modules [ 6.5091723] nouveau0: error: unknown chipset (ffffffff)
For the nouveau issue I would try to install 10.0 BETA, I am using 10.0 BETA on a T420 Thinkpad and that fixed some odd issues for me. It also works on a W541 Thinkpad, but the Nvidia GPU heats up a bit, even if I disable it. 9.3 fails to boot on the W541. Another option is to disable at boot nouveau, select boot prompt and:
boot -c disable nouveau quit
Maybe that will help ? If not you are having an issue beyond my knowledge John
