Re: UEFI boot NetBSD?

2017-10-10 Thread Michael van Elst
mueller6...@twc.com ("Thomas Mueller") writes: >So how would the load or boot code find the kernel? The EFI-bootloader finds /boot.cfg in the EFI partitition and can be directed to load the kernel from the root partitition, i.e. something like "boot hd0b:netbsd". -- --

Re: UEFI boot NetBSD?

2017-10-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 03:03:22AM +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Is it currently possible to boot newer versions of NetBSD in UEFI mode? > -8 and -current should work, but the installer has not yet been updated > to reflect it. > > How would the boot/load code know where to find the root

Re: UEFI boot NetBSD?

2017-10-09 Thread Martin Husemann
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 03:03:22AM +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Is it currently possible to boot newer versions of NetBSD in UEFI mode? -8 and -current should work, but the installer has not yet been updated to reflect it. > How would the boot/load code know where to find the root partition to

UEFI boot NetBSD?

2017-10-09 Thread Thomas Mueller
Is it currently possible to boot newer versions of NetBSD in UEFI mode? I looked online in NetBSD wiki, also man pages, but couldn't find anything informative. I notice /usr/mdec/bootx64.efi, also bootia32.efi, but where would the process go after that step? How would the boot/load code know