A couple of years ago, I wrote [1]
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?
Well, I just dug out this box, and started playing a bit more, and it's now working!
The only change I made was to enable the BIOS's "Boot Menu" option (which still requires pressing F12 during boot). I was able to successfully install amd64-current from a couple days ago.
For reference to the earlier thread: [1] http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2014/07/26/msg025437.html +------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee.com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd.org | +------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+