In order to be able to test multicores, I bought a PC with an AMD
Ryzen, normally 8 cores (Windows tells it has 16 processors, but I
guess these are threads and not cores), 16GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD
disk, with both wifi and an RJ45 (Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family
controler, but should be compatible with RTL8111* or RTL8168*, so
should work.
I just received the thing so from a quick test:
One can access the AMI BIOS by pressing "Del". First time, this is a
Windows menu. In this case, go to the "Modify UEFI parameters" to get
access to BIOS. Next attempts get me directly to the BIOS menu.
The first attempt to boot from an USB thumb (with 9front) failed---during
boot, displaying "*acpi=...", then "*bootscreen=...", and then a '>'
prompt appears and, sometimes, stutters; the prompt recognizes the
command "boot" so apparently, it is bootx64.efi.
I will have whether to find an implementation of the UEFI shell to put
in the filesystem somewhere (there is none), or try to see what fails
in the 9front boot sequence (probably the pathname; but without an
UEFI shell, it will be difficult to know what the BIOS is expecting).
There is also the possibility to PXE boot (UEFI stack) so I will try
this too.
Or, last resort, I will have to chainload from the Windows boot
manager in order to bypass the early stages if possible.
The references:
"ACEMAGICIAN Mini PC AMD Ryzen 9 9600HX (8C/16T), up to 4.9 GHz,
16 GB DDR5, 512 GB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 680M RGB".
On Amazon, for 399 euros.
I will spend some time during my NIX slot on Sunday to try to make it
boot 9front and will report success or failure.
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Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com>
http://www.kergis.com/
http://kertex.kergis.com/
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