On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:20:21PM -0500, o...@eigenstate.org wrote: > With no other errors? Can you take a photo of hte screen? > No, only this:
*acpi=0x93207014 *bootscreen=1600x900x32 x8r8g8b8 0x7fe0000000 and that's all. But the UEFI interface seems incomplete (there is no shell). So I will try to compile an UEFI Shell from tianocore/edk2 and put it on the USB or the Windows file system in order to see if running bootx64.efi from the UEFI shell provides an environment more suitable for the bootstrapping code. > Quoth tlaro...@kergis.com: > > 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. > > -- > > Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> > > http://www.kergis.com/ > > http://kertex.kergis.com/ > > Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C -- Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> http://www.kergis.com/ http://kertex.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T6b090ed08e1a4a05-Mef24676d6345a626daed9306 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
