Thanks for the tip. I will look into it in the next days---I mean, I will try to add an UEFI shell just to explore, and will resort to PXE booting before, probably, wiping out Windows to replace it by Plan9.
If the network works, that's sufficient for what I want to do with it. On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 08:24:59PM -0800, adventures in9 wrote: > 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 -- 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-M8dc4759c2c2ec6ca71e5d1bd Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
