On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Paul Goyette wrote:
I just got a SX2185 and tried to bring up NetBSD. I tried booting an
installation CD, which I have previously used successfully, but the
Gateway gave me the usual "Insert the right media and press a key"
message.
I replaced the internal hard drive with one that already has NetBSD
installed on it (and from which I have booted another machine), but
it fails in the same way.
According to the label, the Gateway has a AMD E1-2500 processor, 4GB
RAM, and Radeon HD8240 graphics. The BIOS version is "P11-A4" and
claims to be "exclusively for Gateway only" (that's what it says on
the start-up splash screen).
Any clue on what it would take to make this thing boot NetBSD?
One additional data point:
I also tried to boot up an Ubuntu 14.04.1 distribution from DVD, and
it successfully loaded GRUB!
Maybe there's a way to update the on-disk bootloader with GRUB instead
of the usual NetBSD bootloader?