On 2020-05-28 05:15, Johan Hattne wrote: > On 2020-05-28 00:56, Johan Hattne wrote: >> On 2020-05-28 00:43, YASUOKA Masahiko wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Wed, 27 May 2020 22:32:58 -0700 >>> Johan Hattne <jo...@hattne.se> wrote: >>>> I've been trying to boot the 6.7 installation media from USB via EFI >>>> on a Dell PowerEdge R610. The screen goes blank and then the thing >>>> resets (so no kernel output or anything). I can boot the same stick >>>> via BIOS. >>>> >>>> I've been searching for a while without results. Firmware settings >>>> look sane to me. Is this something anybody has seen before? Any hint >>>> on where I could even start looking for problems would be very much >>>> appreciated! >>> >>> I'd like you to try the diff attached with the following message. >>> >>> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=158280719421562&w=2 >> >> Thanks a lot, Yasuoka! Is there any chance you could provide a compiled >> BOOTX64.EFI? I don't have an amd64 build environment at the moment. > > After a bit of off-list discussion, Yasuoka concluded that above diff > won't help here. To clarify the issue: there is no output at all before > the machine resets, in particular there is no prompt from the EFI boot > program. > > // Johan >
Have you tried firmware updates? That machine is many years old, I'd not be the slightest bit surprised if the firmware was buggy and didn't boot much of anything in EFI mode other than Windows and maybe Linux. Nick.
