At Sat, 13 Jun 2020 22:03:39 -0700, "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: unable to boot NetBSD-9.99.64-amd64-install.img on a MacBook7,1 > > At Tue, 09 Jun 2020 22:01:41 -0700, "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> wrote: > Subject: unable to boot NetBSD-9.99.64-amd64-install.img on a MacBook7,1 > > > > Most interestingly if I do some playing at the boot prompt first such > > that there is lots of white text in the small centre area, then try to > > boot, the lines of green dots overwrite the top about 1/3 of the screen > > leaving the lower portion of the white boot loader text still visible: > > > > http://www.planix.ca/~woods/macbookpro-netbsd-boot-fail.jpg > > Same goes for today's snapshot from: > > https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/202006131940Z/images/NetBSD-9.99.66-amd64-install.img.gz Would knowing anything about how FreeBSD works on this machine help figure out why NetBSD doesn't? I have FreeBSD 12.1 installed and (mostly) working (the nvidia driver crashes it when starting X). -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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