Re: Can't boot the install CD on a *physical* machine.

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

No idea, but I just tried with an amd64 iso image created from sources 
updated just a couple hours ago, and it fails on my system, too.

It gets as far as displaying the message

        NetBSD/x86 cd9660 Primary Bootstrap

and then it just sits there.

Whatever the problem it, it appears to be common to both i386 and amd64 
ports.


On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Kurt Schreiner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 03:08:18PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > OK, it may be something local, but I've tested it on some four
> > different machines with the same result.
> >
> > I cannot boot anymore the NetBSD-current (i386) install CD on a
> > physical machine.
> >
> > The ISO file boots fine under VirtualBox.
> >
> > And no, it is not a problem with the CD either - the physical CD also
> > boots fine under VirtualBox.
> >
> > Same CD on a physical machine gives me either just the first line of
> > the message - and then waits forever - or a message that it cannot
> > read the CD.
> >
> > This happens with both self-compiled 5.99.20 (and a few versions
> > earlier - the last one I was able to boot was AFAIR 5.99.15) and with
> > boot.iso downloaded this morning from releng.netbsd.org.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> Sorry, no idea, but same here since some time with amd64 isos: Written
> to CD isos created from -current sources don't boot on any real hardware
> (created the CDs on NetBSD and Solaris, used CDs from differend
> manufacturers, tried booting on differend machines - doesn't matter).
> Isos boot fine in VirtualBox or Vmware (not tried the pysical CDs).
>
> Kurt

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