At date and time Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:42:47 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > okay, i finally got myself a low end machine at an affordable price. > http://hpshopping.in/HP_18-5019il_All-in-One_Desktop_PC > > the problems started after unpacking the machine. > > netbsd 6.1.4 (amd64) install cd just won't boot. > after fiddling around with the bios (which looks like uefi), it booted, but > refused to install, after some more coaxing moved till the "newfs" execution > phase and then barfed. > > i tested with a bunch of other operating systems (ubuntu 14.04 and omnios), > which it install and boot up like a charm. > > at the moment, have upgraded the memory to 4gb, and run netbsd 6.1.4 via > virtual box under ubuntu (desktop) 14.04, but the resource consumption is > crazy, i can't even fire up firefox while running netbsd in that mode. > > any ideas about how i could make netbsd work on bare metal? > or should i simply upgrade the memory to a total of 8gb (which is going to be > quite difficult a proposition at the moment)?
Have you disabled Secure Boot? -- Gerard Lally