Re: thinkpad : e470 : bootup : barfs at acpi

[Kathe <kathe%sdf.org@localhost>]

> From bounces-netbsd-users-owner-kathe=sdf.org%NetBSD.org@localhost Sun Feb  4 07:41:09 2018
> Subject: Re: thinkpad : e470 : bootup : barfs at acpi
> To: Kathe <kathe%sdf.org@localhost>, darcy%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> From: Matthias Petermann <matthias%petermann-it.de@localhost>
> Sender: netbsd-users-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost
>
> Hello,
>
> On 04.02.2018 05:34, Kathe wrote:
> > i am at the first-boot via netbsd 7.1.1 using thumbdrive.
> > i tried the "without acpi" option and the boot moved further than before.
> > but, barfed again at "root device" (i think based on my limited recollection).
>
>
> Just one guess: I have experienced a similiar issue when installing 
> NetBSD to a pretty modern Intel NUC device. In my case the root cause 
> was that the device exclusively has a XHCI (USB 3.0) controller, but no 
> UHCI / EHCI. As NetBSD 7.x only offers support for UHCI / EHCI, the USB 
> 3.0 controller was not recognized at all and rendering the kernel unable 
> to find a device where to look for the root filesystem. The reason why 
> the kernel is still loaded from the USB 3.0 is that the bootloader is 
> probably using some BIOS / CSM compatibility stuff.
>
> Could you try NetBSD 8.0 Beta[1] on the same device? The amd64 build has 
> XHCI enabled by default and this worked for my case.
>
> Kind regards,
> Matthias
>
> [1] http://daily-builds.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/
>
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tried to get a thumbdrive image from the link you'd shared;
http://daily-builds.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/201802030140Z/amd64/installation/
since my system does not have a 'cd' drive, i could not figure out which
installable to go for.
could you please point me further in the right direction?
thanks.