Re: Regarding the boot process.

Hello, On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 9:28 PM Martin Husemann wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 01:35:01PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > > As I read the boot(8) man page, efiboot is like /boot and there are no > > steps like the MBR boot blocks and bootxx_ffsv1. > > Yes, this is how it works - firmware

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Hello, On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:50 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > > > Riza Dindir writes: > > >> I wonder if something in your boot.cfg is fixed to the disk number of > >> the HD when you did the install. I suggest checking what is in the boot > >> options file /efi/netBSD/boot.cfg in the EFI

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Hello, On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:28 PM Michael van Elst wrote: > > g...@lexort.com (Greg Troxel) writes: > > >Riza Dindir writes: > >> in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it > >> prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb ...]" and > >> stops there. No

Re: Regarding the boot process.

g...@lexort.com (Greg Troxel) writes: >Riza Dindir writes: >> in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it >> prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb ...]" and >> stops there. No boot menu, nothing. >> >> At what stage in the boot process is this string

Re: Regarding the boot process.

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 01:35:01PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > As I read the boot(8) man page, efiboot is like /boot and there are no > steps like the MBR boot blocks and bootxx_ffsv1. Yes, this is how it works - firmware directly loads the full uefi boot loader and also has the notion of a

Re: Regarding the boot process.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:35 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > > > Riza Dindir writes: > > > I created the NetBSD disk from a CD/DVD. I am using NetBSD 9.2/amd64 > > and used the corresponding CD ISO. I had the disk in the caddy when > > installing, and booted the CD from a USB enclosure, where i installed

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Riza Dindir writes: > I created the NetBSD disk from a CD/DVD. I am using NetBSD 9.2/amd64 > and used the corresponding CD ISO. I had the disk in the caddy when > installing, and booted the CD from a USB enclosure, where i installed > my DVD. The installation went fine. But i could not boot the

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Hello, On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:02 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > > > Riza Dindir writes: > > >> Riza Dindir writes: > >> > >> > I try to use NetBSD from a "HDD caddy" which i installed on my laptop > >> > in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it > >> > prints out a string

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Riza Dindir writes: >> Riza Dindir writes: >> >> > I try to use NetBSD from a "HDD caddy" which i installed on my laptop >> > in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it >> > prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb ...]" and >> > stops there. No boot menu,

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Hello Greg, On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 7:33 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > > > Riza Dindir writes: > > > I try to use NetBSD from a "HDD caddy" which i installed on my laptop > > in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it > > prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb

Re: Regarding the boot process.

Riza Dindir writes: > I try to use NetBSD from a "HDD caddy" which i installed on my laptop > in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it > prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb ...]" and > stops there. No boot menu, nothing. > > At what stage in the boot

Regarding the boot process.

Hello, I try to use NetBSD from a "HDD caddy" which i installed on my laptop in place of my DVD drive. When i try to boot the OS (NetBSD), it prints out a string "mem [0x00-0x01 0x-0xbbb ...]" and stops there. No boot menu, nothing. At what stage in the boot process is this string