Re: How do I update the boot banner?

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

Well, I think I installed Fedora first, then NetBSD. Maybe it's time to
start over.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Hmmm....
>
> #  mount /efi
> #  ls -lR /efi
> total 96
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel    779 Oct  4 10:37 boot.cfg
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 efi
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 netbsd
>
> /efi/efi:
> total 32
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 boot
>
> /efi/efi/boot:
> total 512
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  238608 May 13 05:21 bootx64.efi
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  238608 Mar 22  2025 bootx64.efi.save
>
> /efi/netbsd:
> total 32
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  1201 Jan 31  2025 boot.cfg
> # more /efi/boot.cfg
> banner=++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> banner=+ NetBSD EFI boot (nvme, std loc)+
> banner=+    ***** Hooray! *****         +
> banner=+ NAME=NVME-EFI:/boot.cfg        +
> banner=++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> banner=
> banner=Please select from the following menu:
>
> # configuration issues
>
> userconf=disable dwiic*
>
> # boot defaults
>
> rndseed=/var/db/entropy-file
> dev=NAME=NVME-sys:
>
> #menu attributes
>
> default=1
> timeout=5
> clear=1
>
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY/kernel normally:boot SPEEDY
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY/kernel single user:boot SPEEDY -s
> menu=Boot /GENERIC/kernel normally:boot GENERIC
> menu=Boot /GENERIC/kernel single user:boot GENERIC -s
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY.old/kernel single user:boot SPEEDY.old -s
> menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt
> menu=Run memory test (amd64):boot /usr/pkg/mdec/memtestplus
> #
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
> >  On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >
> > >  On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> > >
> > > >   I'm on an x86_84 EFI boot machine running NetBSD-11 and when I boot up
> > > >   it has the "Install Boot" banner instead of the ascii flag and "Welcome
> > > >   to NetBSD". It seems to affect nothing, but can I fix it? I tried
> > > >   copying /usr/mdec/bootx64.efi to /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI at someone's
> > > >   suggestions but that wasn't it.
> > > >
> > > >   Anybody have any ideas for me?
> > >
> > >  Mount  your  efi partition and look at ${EFI}boot.cfg for the
> > >  "banner" lines...
> >
> >  I don't see any cfg files.
> >
> >  /mnt/EFI 1029 % find .
> >  .
> >  ./BOOT
> >  ./BOOT/BOOTIA32.EFI
> >  ./BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
> >  ./BOOT/FBIA32.EFI
> >  ./BOOT/FBX64.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA
> >  ./FEDORA/GRUB.CFG
> >  ./FEDORA/BOOTIA32.CSV
> >  ./FEDORA/BOOTX64.CSV
> >  ./FEDORA/GCDIA32.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/GCDX64.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/GRUBIA32.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/GRUBX64.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/MMIA32.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/MMX64.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/SHIM.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/SHIMIA32.EFI
> >  ./FEDORA/SHIMX64.EFI
> >  ./Dell
> >  ./Dell/BootOptionCache
> >  ./Dell/BootOptionCache/BootOptionCache.dat
> >
> >  I guess I can delete the FEDORA directory now but that's all I see.
> >
> >  --
> >  Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd%twofifty.com@localhost
> >  BSEE + BSChem + BAEnglish + MSCS + $2.50 = coffee
> >
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