re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-24 Thread matthew green
nia writes: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 08:05:02AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 06:18:41AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: > > > I used the second (non-BIOS) image because I guessed it might be a hybrid > > > installer. I think that my old NUCs only support BIOS booting from USB > >

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-23 Thread nia
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 08:05:02AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 06:18:41AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: > > I used the second (non-BIOS) image because I guessed it might be a hybrid > > installer. I think that my old NUCs only support BIOS booting from USB > > sticks, but I could

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Martin Husemann
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 08:05:02AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > Ok. So, it appears the -bios image has become redundant now. Or hasn't it? No, there are BIOSes out there that don't work with the hybrid bootloader. Martin

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 06:18:41AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: > I used the second (non-BIOS) image because I guessed it might be a hybrid > installer. I think that my old NUCs only support BIOS booting from USB > sticks, but I could easily be wrong. Ok. So, it appears the -bios image has become

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Salil Wadnerkar
Greg Troxel wrote: Salil Wadnerkar writes: Mayuresh wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:25:30AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, I notice a separate image marked "bios" NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-bios-install.img.gz

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Greg Troxel
Salil Wadnerkar writes: > Mayuresh wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:25:30AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: >>> I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, >> I notice a separate image marked "bios" >> >> NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-bios-install.img.gz >>

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Lloyd Parkes
On 22/12/22 02:33, Mayuresh wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:25:30AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, I notice a separate image marked "bios" NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-bios-install.img.gz

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Salil Wadnerkar
Mayuresh wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:25:30AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, I notice a separate image marked "bios" NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-bios-install.img.gz NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-install.img.gz So

Re: 10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-21 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:25:30AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote: > I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, I notice a separate image marked "bios" NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-bios-install.img.gz NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64-install.img.gz So wonder, which

10_BETA: Nice QOL improvements to the installer

2022-12-20 Thread Lloyd Parkes
Hi all, It's been a while since I've run the NetBSD installer, so I don't now how recent the changes I've seen are, but I do like them. I was installing on amd64 and the installer let me choose either MBR or GPT, which is nice. The NUC I was installing on is old enough that it can only UEFI