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Re: Installer dies



On Wed, 16 Sep 2026, RVP wrote:

 - I power on the system, and shortly see the initial NetBSD dialog. On the
 USB, it gives me two options: 1 to install NetBSD, or 2 to drop to the
 boot shell (I think). On CD it gives me three options: 1 to boot normally,
 2 to boot (in a manner I don't recall), or 3 to drop to the boot shell.

 - From either, if I select 1, or just let it time out and do it
 automatically, I see a horizontal line of numbers appear, and then the
 screen goes black, never to return. There is no flashing of the USB or
 motion of the CD, and no key combinations cause anything to happen. I just
 have to push the power button to power it off (which is instantaneous).
 (My successful install on my laptop was from CD, and after the horizontal
 line of numbers, I saw normal init messages.)


Sounds like PR port-amd64/60405.


I forgot to ask: what version is this? If it's the latest 11.0_STABLE, then
PR misc/59151 should be fixed in that.

-RVP


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