Re: install/53291: GPT prevents installation

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/53291; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/53291: GPT prevents installation
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 17:56:38 +0700

     Date:        Wed, 16 May 2018 08:30:00 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        martin%NetBSD.org@localhost
     Message-ID:  <20180516083000.667B97A232%mollari.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   | After finishing the installer, remove installer medium and try to boot
   | from wd0 - it will fail (no PBR has been written, GPT protective MBR still
   | in place).
 
 It really needs more than that - it should be able to make (if needed) an
 EFI partition, and install the UEFI version of /boot there.
 
 Of course, on most systems UEFI booting doesn't work (not the boot program's
 problem, or the setup, all that works fine (done manually) - but the kernel fails
 as much of  the hardware doesn't get configured).   So, I don't think this is really
 an issue for NetBSD 8 - but whoever works on this PR should really also
 consider UEFI as well as legacy booting, and make sysinst able to do it both
 ways (and not necessarily one or the other - installing both methods is 
 possible, then the firmware can pick which it wants to use.)
 
 kre