Re: NetBSD on Gateway SX2185?

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

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Paul Goyette wrote:

> I just got a SX2185 and tried to bring up NetBSD.  I tried booting an 
> installation CD, which I have previously used successfully, but the Gateway 
> gave me the usual "Insert the right media and press a key" message.
>
> I replaced the internal hard drive with one that already has NetBSD installed 
> on it (and from which I have booted another machine), but it fails in the 
> same way.
>
> According to the label, the Gateway has a AMD E1-2500 processor, 4GB RAM, and 
> Radeon HD8240 graphics.  The BIOS version is "P11-A4" and claims to be 
> "exclusively for Gateway only" (that's what it says on the start-up splash 
> screen).
>
> Any clue on what it would take to make this thing boot NetBSD?

One additional data point:

I also tried to boot up an Ubuntu 14.04.1 distribution from DVD, and it 
successfully loaded GRUB!

Maybe there's a way to update the on-disk bootloader with GRUB instead 
of the usual NetBSD bootloader?


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