On Tuesday, 23 July 2024 16:27:03 -04 Nick Holland wrote: > On 7/22/24 09:22, Jan Stary wrote: > > I am trying to boot current/amd64 on this HP laptop from USB stick. > > > > Disabling the "secure boot" in BIOS, so that something else > > than the preinstalled windows is even allowed to boot, > > and choosing USB Flash Disk as the boot source, > > I see the usual > > > > Using drive 0, partition 3 > > > > etc, up to > > > > boot> > > > > There, the rotating slash either stops and nothing else happens, > > or the machine reboots after the first number in > > > > booting hd0a:/bsd 12345678 + [reboot] > > > > This happens with both bsd and bsd.rd. > > > > The USB stick holds a full current/amd64 installation > > which I regularly boot on various amd64 machines, > > so I don;t suppose that is the problem. > > > > Any clues please? > > > > Jan > > Have you tried UEFI and "Legacy" modes? > I've seen some machines that like one over the other. > But yes, HPs are weird. Some work great, others are horribly > non-standard, "Works with windows, ship it!". > > Nick.
Hi Jan and Nick, I'm sorry to say the following because it is not helpful to you Jan. [rant] HP notebooks were very weird when they still were COMPAQS. Now any HP is weird. HP h/w comes with shackles for the customer. They even don't take their own products if those are not officially HP- listed as viable additions / upgrades for the exact model. No, there are no error pop-ups that say e.g. - "we are sorry but this nnn device does not work for this model" No, it is always just weird behaviour, unpredictable and unexplainable behaviour. That is only hardware. HP even managed to brick some of their notebook models with s/w updates of MS-Windows. When it comes to other OS than MS it is even worse. The problem has always been the BIOS / FW since COMPAQ days. I suspect that is on purpose - for over 30 years. [\rant] All the best and I hope that you eventually find a solution. -- Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP5CGE
