On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 08:15:43AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Where do I find documentation on how to boot NetBSD amd64 or possibly i386 in > UEFI mode?
I'm working on a wiki page (and will change the NetBSD 8.0 install docs to point to that). I can't answer how to boot into alternative operating systems (haven't tried that yet). But the basic installation goes like this: - You want to boot from the uefi usb install image. This requires "secure boot" to be disabled. Some firmwares require you to set a firmware password before allowing to disable that Assuming you have a scratch disk (called wd0) you want to fully use for NetBSD you do something like: gpt destroy wd0 gpt create wd0 gpt add -a 2m -l "EFI system" -t efi -s 128m wd0 gpt add -a 2m -l NetBSD -t ffs -s 118g wd0 # replace 118g as needed gpt add -a 2m -l swap -t swap wd0 # this will use all remaining space dkctl wd0 listwedges Now note which dk* is the EFI one and newfs it (also note the ffs one for later, see below): newfs_msdos /dev/rdk3 # replace dk3 with proper device Then make it bootable: mount -t msdos /dev/dk3 /mnt mkdir -p /mnt/EFI/boot cp /usr/mdec/*.efi /mnt/EFI/boot umount /mnt I have sysinst changes that will allow the remaining part to be handled by sysinst in NetBSD 8.0 (hope to finsih that soon). But for now you will have to install manually. Check the dkctl output for which dk* is the ffs one and newfs/mount it: newfs -O 2 dk4 # replace dk4 by approrpiate device, see above mount -o async /dev/dk4 /mnt cd /mnt Now extract (with tar xpzf) all sets you want, including the appropriate kernel. Also: cp /usr/mdec/boot . # copy secondary bootloader (XXX is this needed for uefi)? cd dev sh MAKEDEV all vi /etc/fstab A fstab could look like: NAME=NetBSD / ffs rw 1 1 NAME=swap none swap sw,dp 0 0 kernfs /kern kernfs rw ptyfs /dev/pts ptyfs rw procfs /proc procfs rw tmpfs /var/shm tmpfs rw,-m1777,-sram%25 Finally set rc_configured=YES in /mnt/etc/rc.conf, plus add hostname= and whatever settings you need. Now reboot, remove install usb medium, and watch NetBSD boot from uefi. Martin
