Module Name: src
Committed By: martin
Date: Sun Jun 24 09:11:28 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/amd64 [netbsd-8]: prep
src/distrib/notes/i386 [netbsd-8]: prep
Log Message:
Add temporary hint at manual installation instructions for UEFI setups.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.2 -r1.2.40.1 src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep
cvs rdiff -u -r1.14 -r1.14.40.1 src/distrib/notes/i386/prep
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep
diff -u src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep:1.2 src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep:1.2.40.1
--- src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep:1.2 Sat Apr 25 21:21:48 2009
+++ src/distrib/notes/amd64/prep Sun Jun 24 09:11:28 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"$NetBSD: prep,v 1.2 2009/04/25 21:21:48 snj Exp $
+.\"$NetBSD: prep,v 1.2.40.1 2018/06/24 09:11:28 martin Exp $
.
.Pp
It is strongly recommended that as part of the installation procedure, you
@@ -13,3 +13,20 @@ behaviour and frequent system crashes wi
and other
.Ul
operating systems on x86 hardware.
+.Pp
+.Ss "Semi-manually installing on UEFI systems"
+Unfortunately the
+.Nx
+installer does not properly support installation on machines using
+.Sy UEFI
+firmware or when targetting disks with more than 2 TB size.
+A semi-manual mode of installation is supported and quite painless.
+This shortcoming will be addressesed in the upcoming next release.
+.Pp
+Please refer to
+.Lk https://wiki.netbsd.org/Installation_on_UEFI_systems/
+when installing on
+.Sy UEFI
+systems. See this
+.Lk https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/spz/moderndisk/
+for expert / manual installation suggestions on modern disk systems.
Index: src/distrib/notes/i386/prep
diff -u src/distrib/notes/i386/prep:1.14 src/distrib/notes/i386/prep:1.14.40.1
--- src/distrib/notes/i386/prep:1.14 Sat Apr 25 21:21:48 2009
+++ src/distrib/notes/i386/prep Sun Jun 24 09:11:28 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.14 2009/04/25 21:21:48 snj Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.14.40.1 2018/06/24 09:11:28 martin Exp $
.
First and foremost, before beginning the installation process,
.Em make sure you have a reliable backup
@@ -125,3 +125,20 @@ It is less of a concern if the disk is g
.Nx .
If you intend to have several OSes on your disk, this becomes
a much larger issue.
+.Ss "Semi-manually installing on UEFI systems"
+Unfortunately the
+.Nx
+installer does not properly support installation on machines using
+.Sy UEFI
+firmware or when targetting disks with more than 2 TB size.
+A semi-manual mode of installation is supported and quite painless.
+This shortcoming will be addressesed in the upcoming next release.
+.Pp
+Please refer to
+.Lk https://wiki.netbsd.org/Installation_on_UEFI_systems/
+when installing on
+.Sy UEFI
+systems. See this
+.Lk https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/spz/moderndisk/
+for expert / manual installation suggestions on modern disk systems.
+
