Re: Is it possible to install NetBSD from Ventoy?

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 17:59, John McCue <jmclists%jmcunx.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 01:11:05PM +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
> >I use this excellent multiboot tool instead of writing USB sticks. It
> >saves me hours.
> >
> >https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
> >
> >NetBSD 9.3 and 10 are both throwing errors saying they can't locate /boot.
> >
> >Is it just me or my machine?

No, I got the same result. It boots the kernel, but then it drops to
the boot: prompt - the kernel does not see the cd it has been booted
from as a cd device - it sees the stick holding Ventoy and all the ISO
files...

>
> I never heard of it, but what image did you copy to the drive ?
>
> I looked at the WEB page and this quote from the page indicates
> to me it will not correctly write the image to the USB Drive:
>
> >After the installation is complete, the USB drive will be
> >divided into 2 partitions. The 1st partition was formated with
> >exFAT filesystem
>
> FWIW, after I dd(1) an amd64 install image to a USB, this is
> some info from disklabel(8) and fdisk(8).  I have had no issues
> booting from this USB.
>
> 8 partitions:
> #      size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>   a: 5117952   2048 4.2BSD   1024  8192    16  # (Cyl. 1 -   2499)
>   c: 5117952   2048 unused      0     0        # (Cyl. 1 -   2499)
>   d: 5120000      0 unused      0     0        # (Cyl. 0 -   2499)
>
>
> And this is some info from fdisk(8):
>
> Partition table:
> 0: NetBSD (sysid 169)
>      start 2048, size 5117952 (2499 MB, Cyls 0-318/179/53), Active
> 1: <UNUSED>
> 2: <UNUSED>
> 3: <UNUSED>
> Bootselector disabled.
> First active partition: 0
> Drive serial number: 0 (0x00000000)
>


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