Re: hp aio : netbsd won't boot ...

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%kathe.in@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:59:01PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 01:42:47AM +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)?
> 
> Without details on what failed while installing, it's hard to help ...

as i'd mentioned before, the "newfs" command failed to work during
installation process.
it says something along the lines of "disk busy, can't be used".
is it because my system is 'uefi'?

~mayuresh