Re: NetBSD on Gateway SX2185?

[Jeff Rizzo <riz%tastylime.net@localhost>]

On 7/26/14, 4:49 PM, Paul Goyette wrote:
> 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?
You can certainly boot NetBSD with GRUB in a pinch... though it would be 
nice to figure out what's going on.
+j