I bought a new AMD Ryzen recently that had a similar issue booting from USB. Turns out, the USB isn't supported by the 9front kernel, so it dies trying to boot from USB. PXE booting works fine.
I did a video mentioning it, but haven't had time or motivation to dig into it. https://youtu.be/6GrhwN7Fsgw I just wanted to use it as a cpu server, so the lack of USB isn't a pressing issue, and PXE works fine. On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM <tlaro...@kergis.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 02:27:44PM -0500, Ori Bernstein wrote: > > Again, do you have a photo of the screen? > > No, no photo. But no need: just what I transcribed (with the logo of > AMI in background, but I doubt it is of some interest). > > > > What happens when you type 'boot'? > > Message: "no bootfile" > > > > > It sounds like the EFI code is starting fine, but failing to > > load the kernel, but I don't have enough information. > > > > As I have said, I will give a more thorough look at the issues on > Sunday. I will report if I manage to make it run Plan9/9front, whether > using an added UEFI shell, or PXE booting, or trying to pass by the > Windows boot sequence. > > > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:39:12 +0100, <tlaro...@kergis.com> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Ori Bernstein > > -- > 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-Mba89ebc80174e6aa07ef90c8 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
