Re: getting 10.1 amd64 onto a usb as mbr

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2025, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 08:18:23AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > > What is the date at which 99% of amd64 machines sold has UEFI?
> >
> > 2015 or so (for the windows 8 logo), probably a lot earlier.
> > But it is hard to find good references to it nowadays, all the links
> > returned only explain why you need windows 11 :-)
>
> Interesting it's 10 years.  Agreed most machines in use are UEFI
> capable.
>
> Still, I would expect that NetBSD people having a pre-2015 machine in
> use is not odd.  I have 3 (including a PC Engines apu2 that are probably
> newer than 2015 but can't run windows since serial console anyway, and
> sold to people who wouldn't want to).

I'm not sure why people are surprised you're using a non-UEFI system,
especially with NetBSD. Most of my hardware is older than 10 years old.

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